LFC Live - Why Real Madrid failed to beat Liverpool to Florian Wirtz transfer as two key reasons 'emerge'

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Florian Wirtz was of interest to Real Madrid in the summer(Image: Getty Images)

Real Madrid were so busy attempting to sign other players this summer that they left the door open to Liverpool to sign Florian Wirtz, according to reports.

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Ultimately, they had different priorities when it came to incoming players though.

Real had already agreed a pre-contract with Trent Alexander-Arnold but they were in the thick of negotiations with Liverpool to sign him early, having eventually struck a £8.4m deal.

The Spanish giants also invested heavily elsewhere as Dean Huijsen, Alvaro Carreras and France Mastantuono all completed big-money moves to the Santiago Bernabeu.

In completing his move to Liverpool, Wirtz revealed that now Real boss Alonso had encouraged him to switch to Anfield.

He said: “It was Jeremie (Frimpong) who trained a bit my English skills because he was sitting next to me in the changing room.

When I came from school, I couldn’t speak English.

“(My English comes) from the changing room because even Xabi (Alonso), Xabi was speaking English.

Florian Wirtz completed a £116m move to Liverpool this summer(Image: Getty Images)

“He was really happy that I am coming here.

Of course, we would have liked to have Florian Wirtz, but we’d never have bought him for €150 million (£130 million).”

He then added: “Other clubs are playing Monopoly.

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