Bayer Leverkusen squeezes Liverpool. Decent. The Bundesliga club is demanding that Liverpool break the record in the Premier League, which stands from 2023 when the Chelsea owners lost patience (and their heads) and flipped up €121 million for Enzo Fernandez. Although the Argentine world champion has established himself after a tough and long run-in period, the transfer fee appears difficult to defend. So are Liverpool heading into the same trap when they allow themselves to be pressured into 130 million euros and more for Florian Wirtz?
Bundesliga expert Ronan Murphy believes Liverpool fans have something completely different in store for the German 22-year-old.
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-Few players over €100 million have actually been worth €100 million. If you look at the list of the most expensive transfers of all time, most of them haven’t lived up to the hype. Florian Wirtz will do it, he’s different,” Murphy begins to Footballtransfers.
-In a world where footballers are now mathematically trained in what to do at any given moment, the truly technically brilliant individuals sparkle even more. That’s why Lamine Yamal is hyped as a Ballon d’Or winner as a teenager. And that’s why Wirtz will be worth every euro Liverpool pay for him,” the English pundit continues.
Then comes the comparison Liverpool fans will love.
-The Reds have not had a player capable of Wirtz’s magic since Coutinho’s peak. Someone who could fool defenders and outsmart goalkeepers “without breaking a sweat”. And on top of it all, he’s a pressure machine,” Murphy concludes.
