Liverpool Edge Closer to Landing Wirtz as Medical Gets Scheduled

Liverpool are on the verge of pulling off one of the summer’s biggest signings, with 22-year-old creative midfielder Florian Wirtz set to join from Bayer Leverkusen in a massive £116 million deal. If it goes through, it’ll smash the transfer record currently held by Moises Caicedo’s move to Chelsea.

All the paperwork was wrapped up earlier this week, and now it’s just a matter of Wirtz finishing up his brief summer break before making the trip to Merseyside. The medical is scheduled for just a few days after Liverpool officially sealed the agreement, finally putting an end to weeks of rumors about where the German star would end up.

What’s interesting is that Wirtz apparently chose Liverpool over some serious competition from Bayern Munich and Manchester City – and it wasn’t about the money. Instead, he was won over by manager Arne Slot’s vision for how he’d fit into the team’s tactical setup. The plan is for Wirtz to become the creative heartbeat of Slot’s revamped midfield as Liverpool enters this new chapter.

This signing really shows Liverpool mean business. Once Wirtz passes his medical on Friday, he’ll officially become the Premier League’s most eye-catching summer acquisition so far.