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Liverpool are closing in on a deal for Florian Wirtz, with a medical expected to take place this week(Image: Getty Images)

Florian Wirtz is expected to seal a club-record move from Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool this week.

And the Reds appear to be securing a player whose determination to win has been apparent since a very young age.

It was confirmed last Friday that Liverpool had reached an agreement with the Bundesliga side for the player, after they fended off competition from Bayern Munich and Manchester City to land the German international.

One of Wirtz's former coaches has now revealed what Arne Slot can expect from Wirtz, detailing the young star's ferocious desire once he steps out onto the pitch.

Martin Heck, who coached Wirtz in the youth set-up at Koln in Germany, has highlighted an instance when the youngster refused to speak to him for a week after Heck attempted to manage the midfielder's minutes following an injury.

“It was clear that he [Wirtz] would only play 50 minutes and I told him weeks before: ‘Flo, your first game back will be in Bochum, but you will only play 50 minutes’," Heck told The Athletic.

He didn’t talk to me for five days!

Florian Wirtz has a fierce will to win, according to one of his former managers(Image: PA)

“I was just laughing because we won the game.

But this is Florian Wirtz the footballer.

So, I knew him five or six years before he came to me," Heck added.

Florian Wirtz looks set to join Jeremie Frimpong at Liverpool this summer(Image: Getty Images)

“When he was 15, he already played like a professional in the Bundesliga.

He can’t stand losing, and that’s something he has had from the very beginning.”

With personal terms not expected to be an issue, and following a routine medical this week, Wirtz is set to become Liverpool's most expensive player ever, with the club paying £100 million up front, and £16m in add-ons, for the 22-year-old's services.

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