Liverpool have lodged a bid of €100 million (£84 million, $113.7 million) to sign Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Florian Wirtz, it has emerged.

FC Bayern are currently preparing their first formal offer for Florian #Wirtz, which is set to be submitted soon. Bayern remain in close contact with Wirtz/family. An agreement in principle on salary and contract length is already in place. Bayern bosses remain very confident.

Liverpool are edging closer to a truly monumental transfer coup, with reports from Sport Bild indicating that the club is set to agree a record-breaking fee for Bayer Leverkusen star Florian Wirtz. In a summer window that promised ambition, this move would underline Liverpool’s new chapter under Arne Slot in the most emphatic way possible.