Florian Wirtz is about to earn a staggering wage if he completes a transfer to Liverpool this summer season.
Arne Slot is trying to splash out to enhance an already spectacular squad after they received the Premier League and a deal for German playmaker Wirtz is edging nearer.
They must break the Premier League switch document to safe Wirtz’s signature after Bayer Leverkusen priced the 22-year-old at £120million.
Liverpool have supplied £100m plus an additional £13m in add ons however the German aspect are holding out on a charge which might overtake the £115m which Chelsea paid Brighton for Moses Caicedo.
The attacking midfielder has made it clear that Liverpool are his selection and a transfer is reportedly ‘thought of a finished deal’.
The Reds will even spend large on Wirtz’s wage, with the German set to be handed a five-year contract price £355,000-a-week, in line with Bild.
Florian Wirtz will reportedly earn a staggering £355,000-a-week if he strikes to Liverpool
Wirtz’s wage would make him the second highest earner at Liverpool forward of Virgil van Dijk
The German playmaker is one in every of Europe’s hottest skills and is nailed on to affix Liverpool
The large wage would make him Liverpool’s second highest paid participant, above the £350,000-a-week Virgil van Dijk earns, however slightly below Mohamed Salah’s weekly £400,000 earnings.
Though Liverpool should break the financial institution for Wirtz, he beforehand admitted he’s not motivated by cash.
‘I do not even care about how a lot cash I’ve in my account or what I’d earn sooner or later,’ he advised Sports activities Illustrated Germany this 12 months.
‘After all, you need to be sure to get an excellent contract. However for me, the sporting perspective is rather more vital than the cash.
‘And I believe my dad and mom could be indignant if I had been too fixated on cash. After I moved to Leverkusen at 16, my dad and mom managed my wage and despatched me €150 (£126) a month.
‘That formed me. It was vital to my dad and mom that I did not do something silly with my wage.’
The German star is edging nearer to an Anfield change and has been satisfied by Slot’s clear plan of the place he’ll play in Liverpool’s set-up as a No 10.
Arne Slot is eager to bolster Liverpool’s squad though they simply received the Premier League
Wirtz appeared to nod when requested by MailSport if he is ‘excited for Liverpool’ on Wednesday
Florian Wirtz could be linking up with former Bayer Leverkusen team-mate Jeremie Frimpong
And on Wednesday, Wirtz appeared to nod when requested by MailSport if he was ‘excited for Liverpool’ after Germany’s Nations League defeat by Portugal.
Wirtz would develop into Liverpool’s third signing of the summer season, and their second from Leverkusen after the champions scooped Jeremie Frimpong for £29.5m.
The best wing again penned a five-year contract at Anfield final week after finishing his medical final month.
Slot’s aspect are additionally in talks with Bournemouth for the £40m left-back Milos Kerkez.
