Wirtz made his debut for Leverkusen on the age of 17, scoring 57 targets in 197 video games for the membership, and helped them win the Bundesliga for the primary time in 2024.

He has scored seven targets in 31 appearances for Germany since making his worldwide debut in 2021.

Wirtz is ready to turn into the second participant Liverpool have purchased from Bayer Leverkusen this summer time, with proper full-back Jeremie Frimpong having arrived in a £34m deal.

The Reds have additionally made a transfer for Bournemouth left-back Milos Kerkez, with talks going down a few deal of between £45m-£50m.

Liverpool, having gained the 2024-25 Premier League title in supervisor Arne Slot’s first season, have sought to bolster their squad – and the extent of their outlay is believed to have been helped by limiting their spending in earlier switch home windows.

Final summer time, they solely added Italy winger Federico Chiesa, purchased for £12.5m from Juventus, whereas Georgia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili was signed from Valencia in a £29m deal which is able to contain him becoming a member of earlier than the beginning of subsequent season.

When it comes to departures, Liverpool have bought Republic of Eire keeper Caoimhin Kelleher to Brentford for an preliminary £12.5m, which might rise to £18m.

They’ve additionally misplaced England right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold, who has joined Actual Madrid.

Sources at Liverpool have indicated Actual paid the Reds 10m euros (£8.4m) to launch Alexander-Arnold early from his contract, which was scheduled to finish on 30 June, so he might play at this month’s Membership World Cup, though sources on the Spanish membership have instructed they paid lower than that.