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Jack Grealish is apparently a contender to replace Florian Wirtz at Bayer Leverkusen.

Leverkusen is set to lose its best player in the coming days, with talks between Liverpool and the German club at an advanced stage over Wirtz's prospective move to Merseyside.

Wirtz has emerged as one of the best young attackers in world soccer during his time at Leverkusen, and his impending transfer to Liverpool is set to see him become one of the most expensive players of all time.

Leverkusen, meanwhile, must look to fill the huge void in the team that Wirtz's departure will leave, and one player who is being linked with a move to the Bundesliga club is Manchester City outcast Grealish.

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Grealish has been at City since 2021 but he is expected to leave the club this summer, after being left out of Pep Guardiola's squad for this summer's revamped Club World Cup in the United States.

The 29-year-old is said to be open to return to former club Aston Villa, but the prospect of a move to the Bundesliga is on the table as new Leverkusen boss Erik ten Hag is said to be a big fan of Grealish.

Meanwhile, Liverpool is continuing to work on a deal to sign Wirtz after it emerged last month that the 22-year-old had decided that he wants to join the Reds instead of Bayern Munich.

Liverpool has agreed personal terms with Wirtz, but talks are ongoing between the two clubs over the structure of the deal.

Meanwhile, Andy Robertson became the first Liverpool player to speak publicly about his club's interest in signing Wirtz, highly praising the 22-year-old.

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Florian Wirtz looks set to join Liverpool.

"Obviously that game was extremely tough for us, but he was excellent, he was the one causing us problems in the half-space, running in behind, he can mix it up.

"I haven't seen too much of him but I have played against him and that was enough to see he was going to be a top player

We played Leverkusen in the Champions League this year as well and we dominated that game a bit more as well, so it was probably a bit more difficult for him, but certainly in the German team against us he was excellent.

"We're certainly linked with him, that's for sure
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