Liverpool have stepped up their pursuit of Florian Wirtz by lodging an improved £113 million ($153m) bid for the Bayer Leverkusen playmaker, sources have advised ESPN.
Bundesliga facet Leverkusen worth Wirtz at £126m, however Liverpool’s digital streaming transfer has seen the Premier League champions make a slight enhance on their preliminary £109m supply, with the bid consisting of £100m plus an extra £13m in add-ons.
Liverpool are in pole place to signal Wirtz after the Germany worldwide made it clear that he favoured a transfer to Anfield forward of Manchester City and Bayern Munich.
The 23-year-old, considered one of many rising skills in Europe, is on worldwide obligation and because of play in Germany’s Nations League conflict towards France in Stuttgart on Sunday.
However with the early-June switch window set to shut on Tuesday, a deal might be struck earlier than the deadline if Leverkusen settle for Liverpool’s new supply.
The summer season switch window will reopen on June 16 till Sept. 1.