'My wish': 'Really special' Liverpool player's agent wants to get his client to Real Madrid one day
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Volker Struth, agent of Florian Wirtz, has expressed his desire to see the Liverpool star play for Real Madrid one day.The German only moved to Anfield from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer of 2025 for a £116m fee.Wirtz was criticised during the first few months of his Liverpool stint but has since shown much improvement. He is forming a great understanding with Hugo Ekitike, and one recent report even claimed Real Madrid are scouting the 22-year-old.Florian Wirtz’s agent wishes to see Liverpool star play for Real MadridA potential move to Los Blancos anytime soon may seem pretty far-fetched given he hasn’t even been in England for a year.But Volker Struth has now conducted an interesting interview with German outlet Bild regarding his client and Los Blancos.He first revealed that he actually contacted Madrid about a transfer before he moved to Liverpool.Struth stated: “During the period when a move to Liverpool or Bayern was being discussed, I called Xabi Alonso and told him: ‘You have to take the lad from Leverkusen with you to Real’.Xabi is said to have replied: “You don’t have to tell me that, you have to tell Florentino Perez.”“So I actually sent him a message: ‘Dear Florentino, I’ve told you many times before: I have a player here whom I would highly recommend.
Florian Wirtz makes every team in the world better.’He then went on to express his desire for Wirtz to play for Real Madrid one day, saying: “That year, it simply wasn’t the right time due to the squad and the budget.“Even Real Madrid’s coffers aren’t always overflowing. But my wish remains that Florian will play there one day.” How many goal contributions will Florian Wirtz end 25/26 with?
Credit: Liverpool FC/Getty Images Alonso called Wirtz a ‘really special’ player last year when backing him to become a success at Liverpool.He was right in his assessment, with the former Leverkusen man now scoring six and assisting eight for the Reds after finally finding his feet.Wirtz was a big miss for Hugo Ekitike over the weekend against Nottingham Forest, pulling out due to injury.Thankfully, Slot provided an injury update on the midfielder post-Forest, suggesting he will be back soon.The Dutchman said: “We don’t think it’s very serious, but he felt his back too much during the warm-up to start. He wasn’t able to be 100 per cent or even close to 100 per cent.“I think after being in this league for six, seven or eight months, he understands that no matter how good you are on the ball you need to be 100 per cent at this level.“So, we decided not to play him, but we hope and expect that he will be able to be with us again next week, but you never know how things will go.”Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox