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It looks to just be a matter of time now before Florian Wirtz is officially a Liverpool player.

The Reds have now agreed a deal with Bayer Leverkusen that will see the German international complete his move to Anfield in what could end up being a British transfer record.

An initial $135.5 million will be paid to the Bundesliga club, with an additional $21.7M potentially coming their way in add-ons.

It’s a real statement of intent from Liverpool after winning the Premier League title, having already secured the signing of Jeremie Frimpong and with Milos Kerkez seemingly the next target.

But where exactly will it rank?

Premier League record transfers Enzo Fernandez (Benfica to Chelsea) - $139.4M Jack Grealish (Aston Villa to Man City) - $135.3M Declan Rice (West Ham to Arsenal) - $134.3M Moises Caicedo (Brighton to Chelsea) - $133.6M Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan to Chelsea) - $130.1M Paul Pogba (Juventus to Man Utd) - $120.9M Antony (Ajax to Man Utd) - $109.4M Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig to Man City) - $103.7M Harry Maguire (Leicester to Man Utd) - $100.2M Darwin Nunez (Benfica to Liverpool) - $97.9M

*Figures as per Transfermarkt

Before any add-ons are taken into account, Wirtz's move to Liverpool will immediately see him become the second most expensive transfer in Premier League history, sitting just between Enzo Fernandez's move to Chelsea and Jack Grealish's switch to Manchester City.

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Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez currently holds the record for the most expensive Premier League transfer.

The current top five are all pretty tightly grouped together, with no deal yet going past the $140M mark, although if Liverpool and Wirtz do reach the threshold for the add-ons included in the deal, they will blow the current record out of the water.

If every add-on is met, Wirtz's deal will set Liverpool back $157.2M, making him $17.8M more expensive than Fernandez.

What should be pointed out is that some of the figures involved may be slightly different to what their true values are

In any case, Wirtz is certainly going to be among the most expensive Premier League deals of all time, and should he overtake Fernandez, that will almost certainly mean he's been a success at Liverpool.

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