Xabi Alonso is history at Bayer Leverkusen, Florian Wirtz has had a fantastic development under the Spanish legend. Now the 22-year-old wants to move on, Erik ten Hag at the helm is clearly not tempting. The arrow points to Anfield, the day after the Liverpool players could lift the league trophy, the Premier League club fires off the first bid.
Earlier this month, it was first reported by German media that Bayern Munich believed they had a verbal agreement in place with Wirtz, then came reports from the English media that Wirtz was on a trip to England for meetings with Liverpool and Manchester City. The former has in the past week been strongly linked to the German superstar, now came the first offer.
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Because according to the hyperactive transfer journalist Romano, the first bid ticked in at Bayer Leverkusen from Liverpool. The bid is 100 million euros.
German media have previously reported Bayern Munich are not willing to go over 100 million euros, Liverpool show with the first bid they are in to win this match.
Wirtz has sent signals he wants to Liverpool, now the club is aiming to get this in place during the first part of the transfer market that opens next week. Arne Slot will start the season with Wirtz in the Liverpool squad.
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