Liverpool unveil the signing of Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen

Florian Wirtz has officially joined Liverpool from Bayer Leverkusen in a club record £116 million deal.

The 22-year-old has signed a five year deal which will keep him at Anfield until 2030. 

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 The deal, which includes a guaranteed £100m and a further £16m in add-ons, tops Liverpool's previous club record signing of Virgil van Dijk for £75m in 2018.

Should those add-ons be achieved, Wirtz's move to Anfield would become a British transfer record to beat the £107m Chelsea paid Benfica for Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez in 2023.

Wirtz, who has scored 57 goals in 197 Leverkusen appearances, is Liverpool's second major signing of the summer and the club's second from the Bundesliga runners-up following the arrival of Dutch right-back Jeremie Frimpong for £29.5m last month.