Liverpool chief executive officer Michael Edwards flew to Boston in the hope of convincing his FSG bosses to sanction a transfer move for Bayer Leverkusen's Florian Wirtz.

Liverpool's most significant competition for Wirtz's services appears to come via Leverkusen's domestic rivals Bayern Munich amid a two-way tussle for the highly-rated talent.

Florian Wirtz and Xabi Alonso of Bayer Leverkusen.

The meeting was apparently impulsive, and came about as a result of a meeting with Wirtz's family, which gave them the feeling they could beat Bayern to the signing of the young attacker.

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Funds are said to be available for such a lucrative transfer - one City backed away from due to money - because of the moves already made to extend Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah's contracts, meaning a huge squad rebuild isn't needed.

Wirtz's outbound manager Xabi Alonso did address whether he expects the midfielder to move to Bayern Munich this summer prior to the emergence of Liverpool in the hunt

Manchester City has reportedly dropped out of the race to sign Florian Wirtz this summer

Meanwhile, Leverkusen midfielder Robert Andrich appeared to warn his younger colleague against a move to rivals Bayern, saying: "Yes, of course there are a few comments along those lines.

"I hope he doesn’t leave, especially not to Bayern, because that would make them significantly stronger.

“But fundamentally, Flo is already very clear in his perception and his mind, and he also has a very good environment
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