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Florian Wirtz is snubbing Bayern Munich to join Liverpool(Image: 2025 Pau Barrena)

Florian Wirtz appears close to joining Liverpool in a British record £125m transfer deal with the Germany star set to follow Xabi Alonso out the Bayer Leverkusen door.

And while only two years have passed since the Anfield club backed out of the race to sign Jude Bellingham for £100m because the price tag was too rich, they are now set to blow the rest of their domestic rivals out of the water with a bumper deal early in the summer transfer window.

Wirtz, 22, has scored 16 goals and registered 15 assists this term having won the Bundesliga last season.



On Saturday, Bayern president Hainer declared: “Max Eberl [the Bavarians' sporting director] informed me that Florian Wirtz is probably leaning towards Liverpool.”

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And should the move be completed it will break the record transfer fee paid by a Premier League club.

But he hated the weather, could not adapt to the Premier League and disappeared to Paris Saint-Germain after a single season.

Pogba is currently a free agent having served a doping ban for raised testosterone levels.

Paul Pogba is currently a free agent.(Image: Getty Images)

Switch from his boyhood club to Pep Guardiola ’s juggernaut has brought plenty of medals and silverware but the off-the-cuff excitement has been quelled and he has spent much of the past two seasons on the bench at City.

Chelsea's transfer policy since being taken over by Clearlake in 2022 has been patchy at best.

And the club's new owners wasted no time in showcasing their spending power in the market.

Argentina midfielder has been much improved this season but questions remain over the size of fee paid and expectation remains that there is much more to come.

Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez are currently the top two biggest British transfers.(Image: Getty Images)

But that Fernandez record, lasted less than a year, with Chelsea spending big money on another midfielder in the following window.

Having struggled to make an impact at Stamford Bridge last season, Caicedo has been Chelsea ’s best player this time around.

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