Michael Ballack shares his thoughts on Liverpool's Champions League chances now they've signed Florian Wirtz

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Florian Wirtz joining Liverpool was one of the biggest surprises of the summer transfer window.

Although rumours started to emerge at the beginning of June, with clubs such as Manchester City and Bayern Munich also showing an interest in him, nobody expected the Reds to be the ones to come out on top.

In the end, an initial fee worth £100million was agreed upon with an extra £16million in add-ons being paid to Bayer Leverkusen if Liverpool win the Premier League or the Champions League four times.

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And, now that he’s joined, Michael Ballack has given his thoughts on Liverpool’s chances of winning the Champions League this season.

However, when speaking to Sport Bild, due to all the changes that have occurred at Anfield this season, Ballack doesn’t think that the Reds will be able to win the Champions League this term.

“Liverpool was already among the favourites last season,” he said.

“Now the claim thinking with the obligations has been replaced by Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz or Hugo Ekitiké (the trio alone costs 365 million euros without bonus payments) is underpinned.

“The investments are a clear announcement that they want to win the Champions League.

This has been shown by the past, the best examples being Paris St-Germain or Manchester City, which, despite their investments, also needed some time to win the Champions League.”

Although Liverpool may be the favourites to win the Premier League this season, their main goal should be to win the Champions League.

If they manage to do that, then it’s undeniable that they’re the best team in Europe, and the fact that they won the top-flight title last term means that they’ll likely want to win the Champions League more.

Indeed, before winning anything is considered, Slot must ensure that his team have good relationships across the board.