Liverpool are expected to sign Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen, having submitted a club-record £109 million bid for the Germany international.

Arsenal have picked Benjamin Sesko as their first-choice striker target, ahead of Viktor Gyokeres, and personal terms have already been agreed. Talks with RB Leipzig over a fee around £70million are now ongoing.

An outstanding German talent declining Bayern will leave a bruise, even more so given that this was not just a financial decision

Former Bayern Munich and Germany midfielder Toni Kroos left Germany and became a superstar. Now, the latest high-profile German will make the jump to England and hope to have the kind of success aboard that Kroos once had and not the career-killing experience that felled Timo Werner or the temporary derailment that Kai Havertz went through.

Florian Wirtz took five days to decide to join Liverpool instead of Bayern Munich, with Arne Slot swinging the deal in the Reds' favour - potentially at a favourite's expense

Hamann, a Champions League winner with Liverpool in 2005 and now a respected pundit in Germany, is full of praise for Wirtz. Speaking to Sky Germany (via Bild), he explained why the young German’s talents are so well-suited to Slot’s energetic and fluid style.

A lmost two weeks after learning that Florian Wirtz had rejected Bayern Munich executives are still reeling, but are sticking together rather than pointing fingers per Süddeutsch