LIVERPOOL ave completed the signing of Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen for a club and British record £116 million.
The 22-year-old German international has signed a long-term deal with the English Premier League champions, believed to be five years which will keep him at Anfield until at least 2030, after completing a medical at the club’s training ground today.
The deal includes a guaranteed £100m and a further £16m in add-ons, surpassing Liverpool’s previous club record signing of Virgil van Dijk for £75m in 2018.
Wirtz’s move to Anfield would become a British transfer record if the add-ons are achieved to beat the £107m Chelsea paid Benfica for Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez in 2023.
Wirtz, who has scored 57 goals in 197 Leverkusen appearances, is Liverpool’s second major signing of the summer and the club’s second from the Bundesliga runners-up following the arrival of Dutch right-back Jeremie Frimpong for £29.5m last month.
“Last season they won the Premier League so my goal is for sure to win it again and also to go further in the Champions League. I’m really ambitious,” Wirtz said.
“I’m really excited to have a new adventure in front of me. This was also a big point of my thoughts: that I want to have something completely new, to go out of the Bundesliga and to join the Premier League.
“I will see how I can perform there. I hope I can do my best.
“I spoke also with some players who played there and they told me that it’s perfect for me and every pitch is perfect, you can enjoy every game. I’m really looking forward to playing my first game.”