Florian Wirtz is set to earn a staggering salary if he completes a move to Liverpool this summer.
Arne Slot is looking to splash out to improve an already impressive squad after they won the Premier League and a deal for German playmaker Wirtz is edging closer.
They would have to break the Premier League transfer record to secure Wirtz’s signature after Bayer Leverkusen priced the 22-year-old at £120million.
Liverpool have offered £100m plus an extra £13m in add ons but the German side are holding out on a fee which would overtake the £115m which Chelsea paid Brighton for Moses Caicedo.
The attacking midfielder has made it clear that Liverpool are his choice and a move is reportedly ‘considered a done deal’.
The Reds will also spend big on Wirtz’s salary, with the German set to be handed a five-year contract worth £355,000-a-week, according to Bild.
Florian Wirtz will reportedly earn a staggering £355,000-a-week if he moves to Liverpool
Wirtz’s salary would make him the second highest earner at Liverpool ahead of Virgil van Dijk
The German playmaker is one of Europe’s hottest talents and is nailed on to join Liverpool
The enormous salary would make him Liverpool’s second highest paid player, above the £350,000-a-week Virgil van Dijk earns, but just below Mohamed Salah’s weekly £400,000 earnings.
Although Liverpool will have to break the bank for Wirtz, he previously admitted he is not motivated by money.
‘I don’t even care about how much money I have in my account or what I might earn in the future,’ he told Sports Illustrated Germany this year.
‘Of course, you should make sure you get a good contract. But for me, the sporting perspective is much more important than the money.
‘And I think my parents would be angry if I were too fixated on money. After I moved to Leverkusen at 16, my parents managed my salary and sent me €150 (£126) a month.
‘That shaped me. It was important to my parents that I didn’t do anything stupid with my salary.’
The German star is edging closer to an Anfield switch and has been convinced by Slot’s clear plan of where he will play in Liverpool’s set-up as a No 10.
Arne Slot is keen to bolster Liverpool’s squad even though they easily won the Premier League
Wirtz appeared to nod when asked by MailSport if he’s ‘excited for Liverpool’ on Wednesday
Florian Wirtz would be linking up with former Bayer Leverkusen team-mate Jeremie Frimpong
And on Wednesday, Wirtz appeared to nod when asked by MailSport if he was ‘excited for Liverpool’ after Germany’s Nations League defeat by Portugal.
Wirtz would become Liverpool’s third signing of the summer, and their second from Leverkusen after the champions scooped Jeremie Frimpong for £29.5m.
The right wing back penned a five-year contract at Anfield last week after completing his medical last month.
Slot’s side are also in talks with Bournemouth for the £40m left-back Milos Kerkez.
