US EditionLiverpool signs Germany midfielder Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen
MERSEYSIDE, ENGLAND, JUN 20 – Florian Wirtz joins Liverpool on a long-term deal as the 2023/24 Bundesliga Player of the Year in a £116 million British-record transfer to strengthen the Premier League champions' midfield.
- Liverpool signed 22-year-old German midfielder Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen on June 20, 2025, in a Premier League record transfer.
- The transfer followed Liverpool's intent to improve creativity and involved fending off competition from Bayern Munich, Manchester City, and Real Madrid, with Wirtz seeking a new challenge outside the Bundesliga.
- Wirtz impressed at Leverkusen with 16 goals and 15 assists last term, playing 45 games and contributing to their German Super Cup win while expected to slot into Liverpool's attacking midfield.
- Liverpool paid an initial £100 million fee, rising to £116.5 million with add-ons, and Wirtz's five-year contract makes him the club's third-highest-paid player, earning £200,000 weekly or £12.7 million yearly.
- Wirtz expressed pride and excitement about his move, aims to win trophies, and his arrival signals a transformative summer with implications for Liverpool's Premier League and Champions League ambitions.
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Florian Wirtz joins list of most expensive soccer signings in history
Florian Wirtz became one of the most expensive players in soccer history when the Germany playmaker joined Liverpool from Bayer Leverkusen on Friday for a fee of up to 116 million pounds ($156 million).
Liverpool marked the signing of the German international Florian Wirtz, one of the great promises of European football of just 22 years, announced this Friday as a new reinforcement coming from Bayer Leverkusen and becoming the most expensive transfer in the history of the Premier League.
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