News broke this morning that Liverpool FC had suddenly pulled ahead in the race for Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Germany men’s national team star Florian Wirtz — at Bayern Munich’s expense. Now, the mega-transfer — Leverkusen has reportedly been holding out for some €150M — is looking close to happening.

Liverpool reportedly lead the race to sign Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen.A director of Germany’s national team has weighed in on Florian Wirtz’s future.The Bayer Leverkusen playmaker is the centre of a two-way transfer tussle between Liverpool and Bayern Munich.

Liverpool have been given a major boost in their pursuit to sign Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen. Sky Germany report this evening that the player is leaning towards moving to Liverpool over