Florian Wirtz is on the verge of joining Liverpool for a English transfer-record fee of £116.5m and his club Bayer Leverkusen will have significant funds to replace the playmaker

Liverpool have reached an agreement with Bayer Leverkusen to sign midfielder Florian Wirtz, reports have confirmed. Negotiations between the two clubs have been ongoing for the past few weeks, with Liverpool failing with several attempts to convince Leverkusen to drop from their asking price of €150 million (£127.

Liverpool is set to complete a record-breaking $157 million deal for Florian Wirtz, but a Premier League legend has warned his introduction could be more difficult than expected