Florian Wirtz is on the cusp of becoming a Liverpool player and in the process will become the most expensive transfer the club has ever completed. The Reds will pay Bayer Leverkusen an initial fee

Liverpool have agreed a British-record transfer fee to sign Florian Wirtz; total package is £116.5m (€137.5m), made up of £100m plus £16.5m in potential add-ons; Wirtz is now free to speak to Liverpool;

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