Liverpool have broken their transfer record for the signing of Germany international Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen, the club announced on Friday.
ESPN previously reported the deal to be worth a total of £116 million ($156.27 million) — it includes an initial £100 million payment with £16 million in add-ons.
Wirtz has signed a five-year deal with the Premier League champions, a source told ESPN. His shirt number is expected to be announced later in the summer.
“I’m really excited to have a new adventure in front of me,” Wirtz said in a Liverpool statement. “This was also a big point of my thoughts: that I want to have something completely new, to go out of the Bundesliga and to join the Premier League.
“I will see how I can perform there. I hope I can do my best. I spoke also with some players who played there and they told me that it’s perfect for me and every pitch is perfect, you can enjoy every game. I’m really looking forward to playing my first game.”
The deal has seen Arne Slot’s side ward off stiff competition from Bayern Munich and Manchester City to land the highly rated attacker — he was ranked No. 2 on the ESPN 100 list of attacking midfielders.
