Liverpool return to Leverkusen with new record bid for Florian Wirtz
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Liverpool make second club record bid for Florian Wirtz
- Liverpool has made a second bid of £113m for Florian Wirtz, a club-record offer, after Bayer Leverkusen rejected their initial £109m proposal.
- Bayer Leverkusen is seeking £150m for the Germany international, who has expressed his preference to move to Liverpool.
- Wirtz has attracted interest from Bayern Munich, but he informed them of his desire to join Liverpool, impressed by the English club's plan.
- Florian Wirtz scored 34 goals in the last two seasons for Leverkusen, contributing to their first league title in 2023-24, where he was named Bundesliga Player of the Year.
- Liverpool has already signed Jeremie Frimpong from Leverkusen for £29m and is in discussions with Bournemouth for Milos Kerkez, potentially spending almost £200m on new signings.