Florian Wirtz pictured in the Liverpool dressing room at the AXA Training Centre after his move from Bayer Leverkusen
Florian Wirtz pictured in the Liverpool dressing room at the AXA Training Centre after his move from Bayer Leverkusen(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
Florian Wirtz has been told he will “always remain a part of Bayer Leverkusen” in an emotional message from sporting director Simon Rolfes following Liverpool’s £116m capture. Wirtz completed his club-record transfer to the Reds on Friday

The Premier League champions will pay an initial £100m for the Germany international with a further £16m on success-based add-ons.


Wirtz has signed a five-year deal with Liverpool to become the most expensive player of all time on Merseyside. And in an outgoing message to a player he helped bring in from Koln as a teenager in 2020, Rolfes praised the 22-year-old for what he contributed during his time at the BayArena, which included a first-ever Bundesliga title in 2023-24, when Xabi Alonso’s team went the entire domestic campaign without defeat while also winning the German Cup before losing in the Europa League final