Hugo Ekitiké's initial price might garner interest, but being new to the Premier League casts doubt over reliability.

Former Liverpool defender Markus Babbel believes that, despite the high transfer fee, Florian Wirtz offers the Reds great value even with the 22-year-old German playmaker potentially becoming a Britis

Florian Wirtz caught the attention of several footballing stars from across Europe after Liverpool jetted out to Hong Kong.

The Athletic reports that Liverpool’s 2023-24 turnover exceeded £600m, a season which only included Europa League football. With the return of Champions League action and a title win last season, 2024-25 revenues are expected to have hit over £700m — a feat previously only managed by Manchester City.

The father and representative of Germany international and now Liverpool star Florian Wirtz has made a claim on reports of Manchester City interest that may surprise many.While City have spent the

D avid Ornstein has confirmed an approach has been made to sign a Liverpool attacker and the Reds will sell for around £59.3m, while the Florian Wirtz signing will also push a second Reds star out.

“In the end, it was a matter of nuances,” Wirtz’s father and co-agent Hans-Joachim told Spiegel. “The decision ultimately had to do with the different sporting situations and Florian’s role. And financially, there weren’t any major differences between the two clubs anyway.”

Jamie Carragher made four bold transfer predictions for Liverpool in April, and three of them have come right until now.

Liverpool have broken their transfer record for the signing of Germany international Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen, the club announced on Friday. ESPN previously reported the deal to be worth a total of £116 million ($156.27 million) -- it includes an initial £100 million payment with £16 million in add-ons.

Rio Ngumoha and Federico Chiesa were also on target as Liverpool eased to a 5-0 friendly win over Stoke City at the AXA Training Centre on Sunday