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At this point, Florian Wirtz signing for Liverpool is an open secret.

In Germany, the assumed wisdom was that Wirtz would be signing for Bayern Munich.

Indeed, there is some suggestion that the Bavarian side took its eye off the ball a little in its pursuit because it was at one stage so confident of getting a transfer over the line.

Since Liverpool moved ahead of his side in the queue for Wirtz, Bayern Munich sporting director Max Eberl has claimed that the Bundesliga giant might not even have been able to afford a move.

He has played off the left for Leverkusen, too, but the 22-year-old is better down the middle — and the Reds already have Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo.

At Bayern Munich, Wirtz would have been squeezed into the starting XI alongside Jamal Musiala, potentially shunted out wide to shoehorn him in.

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