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Florian Wirtz could make his Liverpool debut against Preston North End on Sunday(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Florian Wirtz always intended on reaching the highest level of football after explaining his ambitions when signing for Bayer Leverkusen as a teenager.

Simon asked him, 'Where do you want to go, what do you want to achieve?' And Florian replied, 'I want to become the best player in the world.'"

In the five years Wirtz spent at Leverkusen, the Germany international established himself as one of the best players in the world, hence the mammoth fee paid for his services by the reigning Premier League champions.

Reporting for his first day of pre-season training on Tuesday, just days after the tragic death of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, Wirtz and his team-mates will be hoping to do Liverpool's number 20 justice this season by making it a triumphant campaign.

Tim Steidten was responsible for bringing Wirtz to Bayer Leverkusen in 2020 alongside Simon Rolfes(Image: PA)

Speaking after his unveiling as the Reds' record signing, the German opened up on his lofty hopes as he said: "I would like to win everything every year!

Last season they won the Premier League so my goal is for sure to win it again and also to go further in the Champions League.

This was also a big point of my thoughts.

"I want to have something completely new, to go out of the Bundesliga and to join the Premier League.

I hope I can do my best.

The Liverpool superstar said winning the Premier League and the Champions League are his goals to achieve at Anfield(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

"I just thought that it was the right point in my career to make the next step and of course I wanted to get to a club that is from the top three in the world.

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