Liverpool transfer state of play with £156m swoop sealed and more moves to come
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Liverpool are set to announce the record signing of Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen, while a deal has also been agreed to sign Bournemouth defender Milos Kerkez
Milos Kerkez is heading to Liverpool along with Florian Wirtz as the Reds ready themselves to splash out £156m this weekend. And their spending may not stop there as it looks set to soar past the £200m mark.
Liverpool agreed a £40m fee with Bournemouth on Friday after weeks of negotiating for Hungary left-back Kerkez. The 21-year-old defender will undergo a medical next week to complete the formalities with personal terms agreed.
Wirtz, 22, was at the club’s training ground today, undergoing his checks before his move from Bayer Leverkusen will be made official this weekend. The Reds agreed a British record £116m deal for the Germany attacking midfielder last week and he jetted into Merseyside on Thursday night to complete the deal.
Liverpool will pay £100m upfront to Bayer Leverkusen with the rest due in add-ons which are linked to both the individual success of the player and the team. He will sign a five-year deal with the Reds in a deal which will break the club record £85m they agreed to pay Benfica for Darwin Nunez in 2022.
And should they hit all the add-ons in the deal it will surpass the £115m Chelsea paid Brighton for Moises Caicedo in 2023. The Reds negotiated a fee lower than the £127m package which Leverkusen were trying to hold out for.
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Wirtz made it clear he wanted to move to Merseyside late last month after turning down advances from Manchester City and Bayern Munich.
Kerkez will arrive on Merseyside next week to complete his move from the Cherries after the Hungary left-back made it clear he wanted to join the Reds, too. Back in March, Kerkez said: “As a kid, you dream to play at the highest level, win the trophies, be on the best teams.”
Kerkez joined Bournemouth from AZ for around £15.5m in a deal which was brokered by now Liverpool sporting director Richard Hughes, who previously worked with the Cherries.
And Hughes is not stopping there with Liverpool’s summer business. Jeremie Frimpong has already been signed from Leverkusen for £29.5m
Georgia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili is arriving from Valencia for around £30m after spending last season on loan with the La Liga club. Defender Jarell Quansah is closing in on a £35m move to Bayer Leverkusen and that means the Reds could move for Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi.
While a striker remains a target, especially if Nunez departs as expected. Newcastle front man Alexander Isak is certainly admired at Liverpool.
Although, the Magpies are under no pressure to sell due to PSR rules so it would take a huge change in stance for them to suddenly listen to offers.
The Reds will offset some of their summer spending with player sales and they’ve already brought in £28m from Caoimhin Kelleher joining Brentford and Trent Alexander-Arnold signing for Real Madrid before the end of his contract.
With the arrival of Kerkez, Andy Robertson is mulling over a possible move to Atletico Madrid as his place in the team is set to be taken by the new arrival.
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