. the move could eclipse the previous British-record fee of £115m Chelsea paid for Moises Caicedo
Liverpool have completed the signing of Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Florian Wirtz for a fee of £116m on a five-year deal.
The total package is made up of a £100m initial fee plus £16m in potential add-ons.
The move for the Germany international, 22, could eclipse the previous British-record transfer fee of £115m that Chelsea paid to Brighton to sign Moises Caicedo in 2023 should the additional bonuses be met.
Wirtz, who has spent his entire senior career at Leverkusen, scored 10 goals and registered 12 assists in 25 starts as his side finished runners-up to Bayern Munich last season, a year on from winning a league and cup double.
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Liverpool, like a number of top European clubs, had been watching Wirtz – who was one of the Bundesliga’s most impressive performers last season – for some time.
Manchester City pulled out of the race for his signature, reportedly due to the spiralling costs of the whole package, and Wirtz expressed a preference for Merseyside over Bayern Munich, before Liverpool finally got the deal over the line.
Wirtz follows his former Leverkusen team-mate Jeremie Frimpong to Anfield after the Netherlands international joined in a £29.5m deal earlier this summer.
