Overview
- Robert Andrich said on the 360Media podcast Spielmacher that he told Florian Wirtz, “Please don’t do it,” urging him not to move to Bayern Munich.
- Wirtz chose Liverpool last summer in a transfer worth about €140 million from Bayer Leverkusen.
- Bayern had long been viewed as the favorite for Wirtz, and his decision to go to the Premier League surprised club officials, according to Frankfurter Rundschau.
- BILD reports Wirtz held talks with Liverpool over several months and only had one personal meeting with Bayern late in the process.
- After an initial adjustment period at Liverpool, Wirtz has been directly involved in seven goals over the past six weeks, BILD reports.