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Florian Wirtz's move to Liverpool is finally close to completion(Image: Maja Hitij/UEFA via Getty Images)

Liverpool are expected to make a FOURTH and final offer to Bayer Leverkusen in order to find a compromise on a transfer fee for Florian Wirtz.

Liverpool have been locked in talks with the German club over the signing of Wirtz for weeks and negotiations are finally reaching an end game.

The Reds submitted a third official bid for the playmaker on Friday made up of £100million plus £13m in add-ons.



That would represent a British transfer record, eclipsing the £106.8m Chelsea paid Benfica for Enzo Fernandez in February 2023, but is still short of Leverkusen’s asking price.

Leverkusen have been holding out for £126.4m from the very start of negotiations, which have been led by Reds sporting director Richard Hughes, but it now seems as though a compromise can finally be reached.

The German side have already sold Jeremie Frimpong to Liverpool for £29.5m and they have moved a step closer to receiving a major pay day from the Premier League champions.

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Leverkusen are expecting a fourth and final offer for Wirtz in the next 24 hours – and that they will shake hands for £118m.

That is because Liverpool have made it clear that they won’t go as high as £126m and Leverkusen don’t want to overplay their hand.

The club knows that Wirtz has his heart set on moving to Merseyside and that they need to cash in now.

He chose Liverpool after holding talks with Bayern Munich and was impressed by the Reds’ plans for him.

Florian Wirtz is close to getting his wish of joining Liverpool(Image: Getty)

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