Liverpool as Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen, but the Premier League champions face a fierce competition and Bayern Munich still leads the race.
The 22 -year -old is one of the most wanted attackers and sports email in Europe reported on Tuesday how his parents were in England for interviews with Manchester City.
We expect Wirtz will stay in Germany next season, but Liverpool and City will push it.
Wirtz’s parents went to England on Tuesday – but did not speak to Pep Guardiola, with the director of the club outside the region before the FA Cup final this weekend.
City has long hoped to attract Wirtz to the club and continued in advance by trying to conclude an agreement in the light of the departure of Kevin de Bruyne after 10 years at the Etihad stadium.
Mail Sport revealed last week that City expects news on discussions between the 22 -year -old and his parents, Hans and Karin, in the direction of his career.
Liverpool launched a move to the offer of Hijack Manchester City for Florian Wirtz (photo)
Arne Slot Premier League champions kept an eye on the star as they seek to add to their ranks of attack
Wirtz, who plays for Bayer Leverkusen, is one of the most wanted stars in Europe
Wirtz would have softened his position to join City in recent months and the Premier League calls in the attacker midfielder.
But City is not the only concerned club, Bayern Munich also continuing its signature and the mother of Wirtz’s opinion that he should stay in Bayer Leverkusen for another season. And now Liverpool also wants to sign the star of 126 million pounds sterling.
Images published in the German newspaper Bild show of the two parents of Wirtz at Maastricht-Aachen airport in the Netherlands on Monday evening after returning from a return trip of nine hours.
Wirtz has 33 goals and assists in 44 games for Leverkusen this season and Real is interested in the German international.
The director of football of the city, Hugo Viana, works alongside the outgoing Txiki Begirista during a transfer period through the transfer window.
If Leverkusen chooses not to sell his assets this summer – or if he chooses to stay – Bayern is ready to wait until the summer of 2026 to take a step for the German international. It is not clear if City and Liverpool would be too.
Despite previous reports that Wirtz has another three years to play on its current agreement in Leverkusen, the current midfielder’s contract should expire in 2027.
It follows an extremely impressive campaign where Wirtz was vital in the unprecedented season of Bundesliga from Leverkusen during the 2023-24 season, which also saw them take the DFB-Pokal.
Wirtz’s parents did not meet Pep Guardiola, who was outside the region before the FA Cup final
Wirtz’s father, Hans (left), is supposed to promote a transition to his German compatriot Bayern Munich, while his mother Karin (right) wants him to stay in place
Bayern Munich of Vincent Kompany would have been in pole position, but the costs they would have been ready to pay were well short of his evaluation
Wirtz made 29 appearances for Germany, marking six times and has established itself as one of the hottest perspectives in Europe.
Last month, Leverkusen CEO Fernando Carro, Marca Wirtz told Radio commands “at least 150 million euros”, although he later suggested that it was a mistake.
In February, Bayern Munich chief Karl-Heinz Rummenigge announced that they would target Wirtz this summer and it seems to be the direction of the trip.
In an interview with AZ, Rummenigge said he was “no secret that it must be clearly our goal of signing Wirtz”.
He added: “Everyone at FC Bayern agrees that he is exactly the player we want to sign. Not to weaken Leverkusen, but to strengthen us.
The honorary president of Bayern, Uli Honess, also talked about the qualities of Wirtz in a separate interview with AZ, but admitted that there could be financial obstacles.