Liverpool has agreed to pay a transfer fee of 116 million pounds ($157 million) for attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen.

Liverpool have reached an agreement with Bayer Leverkusen to sign midfielder Florian Wirtz, reports have confirmed. Negotiations between the two clubs have been ongoing for the past few weeks, with Liverpool failing with several attempts to convince Leverkusen to drop from their asking price of €150 million (£127.

Liverpool is going big in the summer transfer window after winning the Premier League title, having taken a different approach to the last time it was crowned champion