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Bayern Munich sporting director Max Eberl has claimed that the Bundesliga champion couldn't afford to pay what Liverpool will end up committing to sign Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen this summer.

Eberl wanted to bring Wirtz in from Bayern Munich's closest competitor in the German top flight this season, but the player opted to join Liverpool instead.

"If I'm honest, I don't know if we could have paid what Liverpool are apparently paying now," Eberl said, speaking to Sky Germany.

"Florian Wirtz is an outstanding player.

Wirtz is expected to become a Reds player with talk in Germany that a medical has already been arranged

But while Bayern Munich attempts to play down that it has missed out on such a huge talent, the reality is that Wirtz was never going to come cheaply

It was widespread knowledge for some time that he would cost well north of $100M.

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