Sources: Liverpool agrees to $157M Wirtz deal

Liverpool person agreed to motion Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Florian Wirtz successful a woody that could emergence to a British transportation grounds interest of £116 cardinal (€136m), sources told ESPN.

Liverpool saw two bids rejected by Leverkusen -- who had initially wanted £126m for Wirtz -- earlier accepting an archetypal £100m payment, positive bonuses of up to £16m.

Sources told ESPN that should those add-ons beryllium triggered, Wirtz's transportation interest would surpass that of Moisés Caicedo, who joined Chelsea from Brighton & Hove Albion successful the summertime of 2023.

Wirtz, who was No. 2 connected the ESPN 100 list of attacking midfielders, volition go Liverpool's club-record signing, overtaking the £85m acquisition of Darwin Núñez successful 2022.

Liverpool saw disconnected large contention for the 22-year-old's signature from Bayern Munich, Manchester City and Real Madrid, with elder Anfield figures hopeful the subordinate could person the aforesaid transformational interaction arsenic Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker since they joined successful 2018.

Wirtz volition go Liverpool's 2nd signing of the summertime pursuing the arrival of erstwhile Leverkusen teammate Jeremie Frimpong. Arne Slot's broadside are besides funny successful Bournemouth left-back Milos Kerkez.