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The football world knew it was coming some while ago but confirmation that Florian Wirtz will be playing for Liverpool next season should still send a stark warning to their Premier League rivals.

Make no mistake, this is a statement signing.

A few weeks ago, Arne Slot told a few of us that he was looking to add ‘an extra weapon’ to his squad.



That they spent next to nothing last summer helps, but it is still a testament to Fenway Sports Group’s ambitions that they are backing Slot with this sort of financial muscle.

And it is a statement from Slot to the players that provided him with a Premier League title in his first season in England(

Arne Slot is certainly not resting on his laurels after winning the Premier League in his first season in England.

And that is why this is just not a statement signing for Liverpool … it is a statement signing for Slot himself.

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