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We'll see each other at the DFB and maybe one day play against each other on the pitch.”

Wirtz responded to the message on Instagram with five love heart emojis and a lion emoji, and speaking after his Liverpool transfer was confirmed, he set his sights on winning silverware.

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He said: “I just thought that it was the right point in my career to make the next step and, of course, I wanted to get to a club that is from the top three in the world, and Liverpool was one of them.

“The people say I’m a creative player and I hope I can bring this creativity to the team and also the joy on the pitch.

I hope I can just make the team one step better.

“I just saw myself in the best hands in Liverpool.

I was really convinced by the people here, by the idea, and everything the club offers me was really good.

I play for the Germany national team.

“So it was not easy for me to decide, but the talks with the coach [Arne Slot] and Richard [Hughes, sporting director] and everybody were, from the very first time, so good and it just kept going like this.

“Every time I spoke to one of the [people from] the club I felt like, ‘This is the place I want to be,’ and so in the end I was really 100 per cent convinced I want to join Liverpool and it was the best choice.

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“I can remember the first time, he [Slot] already showed me some scenes of how we want to play and how I could fit in the team.

He was just telling me that I’m a player he really wants to have in his team and can bring the team a step forward.

I just could imagine it [being] good to be in the team and to make it better because I have to make my performances every week — but I’m here for this.

“I was the first one in my family who was really into this club when they spoke to us or told us that they are interested in signing me.