After a long transfer saga, Liverpool are close to securing the signing of Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen in what will be most expensive transfer in the club’s history at £116m. Liverpool saw

Liverpool have agreed a club record €136.3 million transfer fee for Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz, according to The Athletic’s David Ornstein. Previous reports suggested the two clubs agreed on a deal worth up to €150m, which would have made him the most expensive signing in British football history.

The total package, including add-ons involving the German midfielder, amounts to £116.5 million (approximately €137.5 million), making it the highest Premier League transfer of all time, pending the a