Liverpool confirm British record £116m signing of Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen.

 Liverpool have confirmed the signing of Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen. The German international underwent a two-day medical on Merseyside and completed his media duties before being officially unveiled by the club on Friday night. The German will cost a club record 100m and his price could rise with add-ons to 116m, which would make him the most expensive British transfer. Leverkusen had wanted 150m (127.6m) for the 22-year-old, who also attracted interest from Bayern Munich, but weeks of talks brought down the price. Wirtz, an attacking midfielder, scored 16 goals and provided 15 assists in the past season in 45 club appearances.I feel very happy and very proud. Finally, its done and I was waiting for a long time, Wirtz said on Liverpools website. Im really excited to have a new adventure in front of me. This was also a big point of my thoughts: that I want to have something completely new, to go out of the Bundesliga and to join the Premier League. I will see how I can perform. I hope I can do my best. I spoke also with some players who played [at Liverpool] and they told me that its perfect for me and every pitch is perfect, you can enjoy every game. Im really looking forward to playing my first game.I would like to win everything every year. First of all, we have to do our work, I have to make my work. In the end, we want to be successful. Last season [Liverpool] won the Premier League so my goal is for sure to win it again and also to go further in the Champions League. Im really ambitious. Liverpool have also bought Jeremie Frimpong, a right-back, from Leverkusen for 29.5m and have agreed a 40m deal to buy the left-back Milos Kerkez from Bournemouth. Kerkez is due for a medical next week with a view to signing a five-year deal and Liverpool are also keen on the Crystal Palace defender Marc Guhi. The post Liverpool confirm British record 116m signing of FlorianWirtz from Bayer Leverkusen. appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.