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If Liverpool gets a deal over the line for Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Florian Wirtz this summer, it will comfortably break its own transfer record.
"Don't get me wrong, Florian Wirtz has got a lot of room to develop, which in itself is a very exciting prospect, but they haven't gone down the road that Manchester United, Arsenal and Manchester City have gone down — big, blockbuster signings.
"The last time it happened was Alberto Aquilani when there were banners on The Kop before he had even played a game.
So from a Liverpool perspective, it is kind of like saying 'we are here now and we want to maintain our position and fire a warning shot across the bows of Europe's best clubs, to attack the Champions League'.
"I hope — because Liverpool are so used to developing players and making them into superstars — that having someone coming in as a superstar, they can manage that carefully and not let it become about the cult of Florian Wirtz.
But Liverpool is very keen to snap him up even for such a high price.
"I'd like to see very dampened down messaging from the club — no pianos, like Alexis Sanchez, when he signed for Man United," Collymore, speaking on behalf of New Betting Offers, said.
"No big, over-the-top unveiling.
Just 'we are delighted to sign Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen on a four-year contract' — the same that they did with Jeremie Frimpong.
"If Liverpool do it like that, then he will settle much quicker than if he comes in as a superstar.
A number of Manchester United managers had to deal with Cristiano Ronaldo in a press conference before they got to the other players in the team.
"I don't want Arne Slot on a weekly basis going into his weekly presser and the first question is about Florian Wirtz.
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