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Former Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has expressed his disappointment at Florian Wirtz's decision to join Liverpool over Bayern Munich.

Wirtz's move to Liverpool was confirmed last week as the Reds agreed to pay £100 million ($137 million) plus a further £16 million ($22 million) in possible add-ons for the Germany international.

It emerged in May that it was Wirtz's preference to join Liverpool, which came as something of a surprise considering the Reds were up against Bayern Munich to land his signature.



Bayern has made a habit of hoovering up the best German players, and the expectation was that Wirtz would end up in Bavaria too, but he was ultimately won over by the Liverpool project.

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Addressing the snub from Wirtz, Rummenigge told Welt Am Sonntag: "Generally speaking, I think it’s a pity.

Former Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

Florian Wirtz will be joined at the AXA Training Centre by Jeremie Frimpong

Liverpool has spent heavily this summer, but it has also brought in a significant amount of money through the sales of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Caoimhin Kelleher, and Jarell Quansah, while Federico Chiesa, Ben Doak, Harvey Elliott, Darwin Nunez, and either Andy Robertson or Kostas Tsimikas could all still leave.

Despite forking out for Wirtz, Frimpong and Kerkez, Liverpool has apparently identified three striker targets as Arne Slot looks to bolster his attacking options