Liverpool may have wooed Florian Wirtz and Jeremie Frimpong with a touching gesture to Bayer Leverkusen last November. Way before both clubs were engaged in a series of transfer discussions this summer, they met in the league phase of the Champions League last winter.

In the first blockbuster signing of the 2025 summer transfer window, Liverpool has sealed a sensational $171 million deal to sign Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz.

Liverpool have reached a verbal agreement with Bayer Leverkusen to sign Florian Wirtz in a deal worth up to €150 million, including add-ons.The transfer will make Wirtz the most expensive signing