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Arne Slot has Florian Wirtz - now more incomings will follow(Image: Getty Images)

Liverpool have agreed a whopping £116m deal for German ace Florian Wirtz which could shatter the British transfer record.

Wirtz, 22, will complete a move to Anfield next week after the Reds finalised a deal with Bayer Leverkusen - and their summer spending isn't complete, with Kop bosses prepared to smash the £220m barrier.

The Reds will pay £100m upfront to the Bundesliga club with the rest due in add-ons which are linked to both the individual success of the player and the team.



Wirtz, 22, has be given the green light to travel to Merseyside to undergo a medical and complete the formalities on a long-term contract with personal terms already sorted.

The deal will be a record signing for the Reds in excess of the £85m they agreed to pay Benfica for Darwin Nunez in 2022.

And should they hit all the add-ons in the deal it will surpass the £115m Chelsea paid Brighton for Moises Caicedo in 2023.

Manchester City and Bayern Munich had both tried to convince the Germany attacking midfielder to join them.

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The £100m will be guaranteed but, like any modern deal, will be paid in instalments over a number of years while the add-ons will then be paid as and when they are triggered.

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It’s a complex and complicated deal but nothing out of the ordinary for a player so highly-sought after and a financial package so eye-watering.

The deal will be made official next week.

Florian Wirtz will join Liverpool from Bayer Leverkusen(Image: Getty Images)

Liverpool's spending this summer is set to go north of £220m as they look to land Milos Kerkez from Bournemouth, who are holding out for £45m.

Jeremie Frimpong has already been signed from Leverkusen for £29.5m.

Georgia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili is arriving from Valencia for around £30m after spending last season on loan with the La Liga club.

The Reds will hope to offset some of the big spending with player sales with £28m already brought in from Caoimhin Kelleher joining Brentford for £18m while they secured £10m from Real Madrid to release Trent Alexander-Arnold from his contract a month earlier.

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