FLORIAN OUT TO SHOW HE'S WIRTZ IT

21st Reds' most expensive player will hope to emulate some legends

- By IAN DOYLE

LIVERPOOL are going with the Flo.

After a few weeks haggling with Bayer Leverkusen, a deal for attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz has been agreed with the Reds paying £100million with a further £16m made up of achievable add-ons.

The transfer is expected to go through when the window reopens next week and will make Wirtz the most expensive player in Liverpool's history - the 21st person to assume such an accolade since the Second World War.

While taking on such a mantle can weigh heavy on some shoulders, the Reds have a reasonably decent record in extracting full value from such purchases. Success, though, isn’t necessarily guaranteed.

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Wirtz will oust Darwin Nunez as the club record transfer, with the Uruguayan having arrived almost three years to the day the deal for the 22-year-old Germany international was reached on Friday.

Liverpool committed to spending £85.3m on Nunez, who was largely viewed as a signing championed by then boss Jurgen Klopp rather than being aggressively pursued by the Reds' recruitment team.