As Sky Sports commentator for the Bundesliga and football legend Lothar Matthäus said when he wanted to illustrate what kind of player Florian Wirtz is: “Wirtz plays as if he were the love child of Lionel Messi, Zinedine Zidane and Franz Beckenbauer”.
We can kind of understand what he means, Florian Wirtz is fast, goal-threatening, technical, strong and he works continuously both in defense and attack, but must point out we do not think it is possible with Dang’s technology.
Regardless, the interest is enormous, the 21-year-old Bayer Leverkusen star is being chased by all the greats and now also confirmed by the boss of Bayern Munich. Manchester City have already presented a plan for Wirtz where they send James McAtee and a big cheque to Bayer Leverkusen.
Florian Wirtz, who now according to Transfermarkt has a value of 140 million euros, will not 100% decide on his future until his manager Xabi Alonso has decided on next season. Alonso, who led the club to a historic Bundesliga gold last season and is now in second place, is wanted by Real Madrid the day Carlo Ancelotti takes his hat and goes.
Now Bayern Munich boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge confirms that the club will try to sign Wirtz. In an interview with AZ, which the Daily Mail refers to, Rummenigge says that he does not hide the fact that it must be Bayern’s goal to sign Wirtz. “Everyone at FC Bayern agrees that he is exactly the player we want to sign. Not to weaken Leverkusen, but to strengthen us,” says Rummenigge.
Wirtz has scored 56 goals and 63 assists in 188 appearances for Leverkusen, where he is under contract until June 2027.
Bayer Leverkusen will face Eintracht Frankfurt who are in 3rd place in the Bundesliga later today Saturday at Deutsche Bank Park.
