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Former Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has expressed his disappointment astatine Florian Wirtz's determination to articulation Liverpool implicit Bayern Munich.
Wirtz's determination to Liverpool was confirmed past week arsenic the Reds agreed to wage £100 cardinal ($137 million) positive a further £16 cardinal ($22 million) successful imaginable add-ons for the Germany international.
It emerged successful May that it was Wirtz's penchant to articulation Liverpool, which came arsenic thing of a astonishment considering the Reds were up against Bayern Munich to onshore his signature. Bayern has made a wont of hoovering up the champion German players, and the anticipation was that Wirtz would extremity up successful Bavaria too, but helium was yet won implicit by the Liverpool project.
Addressing the snub from Wirtz, Rummenigge told Welt Am Sonntag: "Generally speaking, I deliberation it’s a pity. We’ve ever had the doctrine that the champion German players should play for FC Bayern.
"We gave it our all; successful this case, nary 1 made a mistake. It’s Florian’s determination – and we person to judge it."
Wirtz volition study for the commencement of pre-season grooming connected July 7, up of Liverpool's archetypal 2025-26 warmup fixture distant to Preston North End connected July 13.
Speaking to nine media arsenic his transportation was announced, Wirtz said: “I consciousness precise blessed and precise proud. Finally it’s done and I was waiting for a agelong clip – yet it’s done and I americium truly happy.
“I'm truly excited to person a caller escapade successful beforehand of me. This was besides a large constituent of my thoughts: that I privation to person thing wholly new, to spell retired of the Bundesliga and to articulation the Premier League.
“I volition spot however I tin execute there. I anticipation I tin bash my best. I spoke besides with immoderate players who played determination and they told maine that it’s cleanable for maine and each transportation is perfect, you tin bask each game. I’m truly looking guardant to playing my archetypal game.”
Wirtz volition beryllium joined the AXA Training Center by chap caller signings Jeremie Frimpong, Milos Kerkez, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Armin Pecsi, and Freddie Woodman.
Liverpool has spent heavy this summer, but it has besides brought successful a important magnitude of wealth done the income of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Caoimhin Kelleher, and Jarell Quansah, portion Federico Chiesa, Ben Doak, Harvey Elliott, Darwin Nunez, and either Andy Robertson oregon Kostas Tsimikas could each inactive leave.
Despite forking retired for Wirtz, Frimpong and Kerkez, Liverpool has seemingly identified 3 striker targets arsenic Arne Slot looks to bolster his attacking options.
Liverpool is seemingly funny successful Alexander Isak, Hugo Ekitike and Victor Osimhen, and has done its homework connected each 3 targets.
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