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Arthur Ferridge

Florian Wirtz to Liverpool a ‘done deal’ as staggering contract details revealed

Liverpool’s move to sign Florian Wirtz is a “done deal”, according to the latest reports in Germany.

It emerged this week that Liverpool have increased their offer for Wirtz to £113million as they look to seal a club-record deal for the Bayer Leverkusen attacking midfielder.

That offer falls short of the £125m that Leverkusen are demanding for Wirtz but a fresh report from Bild says an “agreement is certain”.

The report also claims Wirtz is set to earn around a staggering £340,000 a week at Anfield, where he will sign a five-year contract.

Wirtz is currently on international duty with Germany (Getty Images)

Negotiations continue and Wirtz could undergo a medical next week as Liverpool bid to wrap up a deal.

Wirtz has made it clear he wants to move to Anfield and Liverpool are confident a deal will be struck for the 22-year-old.

Liverpool are ready to spend big in the transfer market this summer as they bid to strengthen Arne Slot’s side after they cruised to the Premier League title last season.

The Reds are also in talks to sign full-back Milos Kerkez from Bournemouth for between £45m and £50m.

They have already agreeed a £29.5m deal for Wirtz’s Leverkusen team-mate Jeremie Frimpong.

Slot said recently that the champions would be "stupid" not to strengthen this summer.

“There are not many that can strengthen us, but the few that are out there, we will try to get them,” said Slot. “At this moment in time we're not sure if that's possible.”

Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and Federico Chiesa have all been linked with moves away from Anfield. Barcelona have had an approach for Diaz rejected.

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