Overview
- Liverpool’s latest £109m offer for 22-year-old Florian Wirtz was turned down as Bayer Leverkusen holds firm on a £126m price tag
- FSG CEO Michael Edwards has secured ownership’s green light to allocate up to £126m to conclude the transfer
- Wirtz publicly dismissed claims he wants Alexis Mac Allister’s No.10 shirt and could opt for alternatives such as 27, 7 or 17
- Bayer Leverkusen teammate Nathan Tella praised Wirtz’s creativity and vision, calling him a “proper No.10”
- Liverpool have already bolstered their squad with Jeremie Frimpong’s £29.5m move from Leverkusen