Liverpool Sign Wirtz From Leverkusen In £116m Record Deal

New Liverpool signing Florian Wirtz said he wanted to “win everything every year” at Anfield after the Germany playmaker joined the club from Bayer Leverkusen for a club record £116m.

The 22-year-old has signed a long-term deal with the Reds, understood to be five years, which will keep him on Merseyside until at least 2030, after completing a medical at the club’s training ground on Friday.

The deal, which includes a guaranteed £100m and a further £16m in add-ons, tops Liverpool’s previous club record signing of Virgil van Dijk for £75m in 2018.

Should those add-ons be achieved, Wirtz’s move to Anfield would become a British transfer record to beat the £107m Chelsea paid Benfica for Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez in 2023.

Wirtz, who scored 57 goals in 197 Leverkusen appearances, is Liverpool’s second major signing of the summer and the club’s second from the Bundesliga runners-up following the arrival of Dutch right-back Jeremie Frimpong for £29.5m last month.