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There are no guarantees Liverpool can land Florian Wirtz(Image: Pau Barrena/Getty Images)

Liverpool have entered negotiations with Bayer Leverkusen over the signing of Florian Wirtz – but Arne Slot has admitted they are not sure they can land him.

He had long been expected to move to Bundesliga winners Bayern Munich, but the German giants now believe he will instead join Liverpool.

Wirtz has already visited the north west of England to scout out possible places to live and is understood to be keen on the Premier League.



All of these things sound promising for Liverpool, but Slot’s comments this week should temper expectations, with lots of things yet to be decided.

Leverkusen value Wirtz at £120million – a figure that put off Manchester City – and it will take a record Premier League fee for Liverpool to sign him, eclipsing the £107m Chelsea paid for Enzo Fernandez two summers ago.

The Reds are flush with cash, having signed just one player last summer, but wanting to sign players and actually signing them are two very different things, as Slot explained this week.

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“City will probably strengthen the squad again.

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The fact Liverpool have already dealt with Leverkusen over a £29.5m transfer is promising, while Wirtz also seems keen to follow in the footsteps of his team-mate.

He told Sports Illustrated last month that he was "definitely keen" to move on in the near future in order to "experience something new".

Liverpool have the pulling power that winning the Premier League brings and have proven to be effective operators in the transfer market in the past.

However, there are no guarantees that Wirtz will leave Leverkusen, with his parents acting as his agents and keen to guard against any hasty moves.

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