Liverpool reportedly paid $134 million for Florian Wirtz as the most expensive signing
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Liverpool's new star player Florian Witterz wants to win everything for the club. Liverpool officially signed him from Bayer Leverkusen on Friday as the most expensive signing in the history of the English Premier League. According to the news published in England, Liverpool paid 130.4 million dollars for him.
This amount of witerz may increase further depending on the performance. This is a record deal for Liverpool. It could also be the most expensive for English football. According to German media, this contract amount is even higher. According to those media, Liverpool paid $149 million to Leverkusen for nothing.
In this too he will have to pay more money based on his performance. He is regarded as one of the most influential emerging players in European football. Former Leverkusen coach Xavi Alonso called him the best in world football. Former Liverpool player Xavi recently left Leverkusen and went to Real Madrid. Witterz He said for Liverpool's website, "I want to win everything."
Witterz said, 'The main thing is that we want to be more successful. Liverpool won the Premier League last season. My goal is for Liverpool to defend this league title and I will contribute to that. Not only that, I also want to win the European Champions League for Liverpool. I've been really ambitious.'
Witterz, 22, played a key role as Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title for the first time in the club's history in 2023–24. Under Alonso, Leverkusen did not lose a single game in the league that season. That season, Leverkusen only lost to Atalanta in the Europa League final. Witterz was named the best player of the year in the Bundesliga.
Last season, Bayern Munich won the Bundesliga, while Leverkusen finished second. Witterz was then trying for a new destination. Liverpool have also signed another Leverkusen player, Dutch defender Jeremy Fripong, just last month. "I am fully prepared and enthusiastic for a new challenge," says Birtz.
He rejected Bayern's offer to move to Liverpool. Regarding that, he said, "I thought about it a lot. I want to face a completely new challenge in my future playing career. That's why I chose England instead of staying in the Bundesliga.'
Ever since Arne Slott took over as head coach last season, Liverpool have been quiet about signing new players. With the help of this team, Liverpool equaled the record and won the title of the 20th English upper division. Liverpool have now spent heavily to strengthen their squad. Liverpool are also in the process of signing Bournemouth left-back Milos Kerkes for £40m. The team want to sign Newcastle striker Alexander Isak and Crystal Palace centre-back Mark Guhi.
