Liverpool are set to break the transfer record fee by any British club in history after reaching an agreement with Bayer Leverkusen for Florian Wirtz.
The Premier League Champions have agreed on a £116m deal to sign Germany attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen. The fee includes a guaranteed £100m and a further £16m in add-ons.
The record for an initial transfer fee in the Premier League is still held by Chelsea Football Club when the Blues signed Enzo Fernandez from Benfica in 2023 for £107m. The Blues also brought in Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo for an initial £100m fee, which could rise to £115m.
Darwin Nunez was brought in from Benfica in a deal worth an initial £64m and rising to a potential £85m with add-ons, while they paid £75m to sign centre-back Virgil van Dijk from Southampton in 2018.
Wirtz is set to become the second player Liverpool have bought from Bayer Leverkusen this summer, with right full-back Jeremie Frimpong having arrived in a £34m deal.
How many goals did Florian Wirtz score for Bayer Leverkusen?
He scored 57 goals in 197 games for the club, and helped them win the Bundesliga for the first time in 2024.
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