Liverpool news: Agent makes Florian Wirtz to Real Madrid claim as star’s dad sends transfer message
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After making a slow start to the season, the 22-year-old has begun to fulfil his potential in a Liverpool shirt.However, an agent has revealed that he wanted Wirtz to join Real Madrid and hopes the Spanish club will revive their interest in the future. Wirtz’s father Hans-Joachim is the Liverpool star’s representative but Volker Struth has previously been involved in the player’s marketing and wanted to see him head to Los Blancos.READ MORE: Mohamed Salah accused of acting like a 'big baby' at Liverpool after Jamie Carragher criticismREAD MORE: Man Utd and Liverpool avoid breaches as PSR status of every Premier League club emerges"During the period when a move to Liverpool or Bayern was being discussed, I called Xabi Alonso and told him: 'You have to take the lad from Leverkusen with you to Real,'" Struth told Phrasenmaher."Xabi replied, 'You don't have to tell me that, you have to tell (Real president) Florentino Perez'.
Latest Reds news and more on our dedicated Facebook pageFather sends Liverpool transfer messageThe father of Galatasaray right-back Roland Sallai has claimed that Liverpool have already made contact over a potential move. Injuries have made right-back a problem position for the Reds this term and the 28-year-old’s dad believes his son could be Liverpool’s solution."Roli feels good here [at Galatasaray], he loves the club, he doesn't want to leave at any cost, but I think he still has one big step left in his career, a really big club," Tibor Sallai said to Hungarian outlet Blikk.
"From here he can only sign for a team that is truly one of the top teams in the world."Liverpool could be such a destination, and I admit, I wouldn't be surprised if this club change happened now, in the winter. I know that contact has already been made through a management office."I don't want to and I don't want to shout anything, but my son will really have a good chance in the summer, if there is an offer that is also beneficial for Galatasaray, to change country and level.