Liverpool ready to make Wirtz a record breaker

LIVERPOOL have agreed a whopping £116m deal for German ace Florian Wirtz which could shatter the British transfer record.

- by CHRIS MCKENNA

Wirtz, 22, will complete a move to Anfield next week after the Reds finalised a deal with Bayer Leverkusen.

The Premier League champions will pay £100m up front to the Bundesliga club with the rest due in add-ons which are linked to both the individual success of the player and the team.

Wirtz has been given the green light to travel to Merseyside to undergo a medical and complete the formalities on a long-term contract with personal terms already sorted.

The deal will be a record signing for the Reds, in excess of the £85m they paid Benfica for Darwin Nunez in 2022.