Is there still a chance? Liverpool still have an interest in Wirtz, but the offer is on the condition that the player is willing to leave the Bundesliga [xueting]
2025-05-20
On May 20th Beijing time, according to Sky Sports, Liverpool are interested in signing Wirtz, but before making an offer, they need to obtain the guarantee that Wirtz himself is willing to leave Germany.
It is reported that the current situation is that the outside world expects this attacking midfielder to either stay at Bayer Leverkusen or transfer to Bayern Munich. Bayer Leverkusen has set a price tag of 150 million euros (126 million pounds) for 22-year-old Wirtz, so the cost of signing him will far exceed the club's transfer record set by Liverpool when they signed Virgil van Dijk from Southampton for 75 million pounds in 2017.
Although Wirtz is more likely to stay in Germany, Liverpool have not given up their attempt to sign him this summer.
According to previous reports, Wirtz was reported to have decided to join Bayern Munich, and Manchester City has also learned of this and started to launch Plan B to sign Olmo. It is reported that Manchester City had also considered withdrawing before. After all, the deal to sign Wirtz could be as high as 300 million euros, including the transfer fee and salary, which would set a new record for the highest transaction in the club's history. So Manchester City is pulling out of the race for Wirtz.