Liverpool have increased their offer for Florian Wirtz to £113m as the race to sign the Bayer Leverkusen attacking midfielder intensifies, according to reports.
If successful, the Red’s latest reported bid – a package that would guarantee the Bundesliga club £100m plus £13m in add-ons – would be a club record deal, but it remains below Leverkusen’s asking price of £126m for the player.
Leverkusen, who recently appointed former Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag as replacement for Xabi Alonso, rejected the Premier League champions’ £109m bid for the Germany international last weekend but appear open to further negotiations amid interest from both Manchester City and Bayern Munich.
Liverpool have made a new offer worth a total of £113m for Florian Wirtz 💰 pic.twitter.com/Es7ccxDfgz
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) June 6, 2025
Wirtz has made it clear he is keen to complete a move to Anfield. The proposed deal would surpass by some distance the £85m Liverpool paid to bring in Darwin Nunez from Benfica in June 2022.
The £113m offer, however, remains just shy of the £115m British transfer record fee paid by Chelsea in 2023 for Moises Caicedo from Brighton.
Wirtz, who has spent his entire senior career at Leverkusen and played a key role in the club’s unbeaten league campaign in 2023-24, was again a standout performer in Germany’s top flight last term.
The 22-year-old scored 10 goals and contributed 12 assists in 31 appearances as his side failed to retain their Bundesliga crown, finishing runners-up to Bayern Munich.
Wirtz also scored his seventh international goal for Germany on Wednesday, in a 2-1 Nations League semi-final defeat against Portugal.
