He Bayer Leverkusen has committed not to sell Florian Wirtz for less than a monstrous figure that would make him the fourth most expensive player of all time.
Wirtz, who has racked up 35 goals and assists in 41 appearances in all competitions, has been instrumental in Leverkusen's success this season, including claiming their first Bundesliga title over the weekend.
Given the interest of all the powerful Europeans in him, Leverkusen has drawn a firm line in the sand in terms of valuation. “No one is unsellable, but Wirtz will not leave for less than 150 million euros”CEO Fernando Carro said this week. to Radio Marca.
🌟 A star is born!
🔝 Xabi Alonso has enhanced Leverkusen's young talent: Florian Wirtz has participated in 34 of the Bundesliga champion's goals
😬 Will they be able to keep him next year?
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Many of the team's stars attract interest from across Europe, with Wirtz being the crown jewel. Manchester City have long been interested in the 20-year-old attacker, but face competition from Liverpool and Bayern Munich. Real Madrid have been linked in recent days, while speculation continues about Barcelona, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United.
In December, Wirtz's father and agent suggested that the immediate plan for the player is to remain at Leverkusen, where he is under contract until 2027, for at least one more year.
“Currently, everything is geared towards Florian continuing to play for Leverkusen next season,” he told Sky Sport Germany at the time, although the emphasis on the word currently might suggest the stance was open to change depending on how the rest of the campaign played out. .
Wirtz's team's long-standing preference has been to stay in Germany at this stage of his career, making Bayern an obvious destination. However, given that Leverkusen have embarrassed the Bavarian giants this season, this could be considered a step back from a football perspective.
Leverkusen can offer Champions League football to Wirtz in 2024/25 and would even be a candidate to progress to the latter stages of the competition if they can hold together a title-winning team on the brink of an unbeaten season in the Bundesliga and Set a new all-time points record. He has never played at the highest level of European football, having missed Leverkusen's 2022/23 group stage appearance while in the final stages of recovery from an ACL injury.
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