Liverpool have agreed a British-record transfer fee to sign Florian Wirtz; total package is £116.5m (€137.5m), made up of £100m plus £16.5m in potential add-ons; Wirtz is now free to speak to Liverpool;

Liverpool has agreed to pay a transfer fee of 116 million pounds ($157 million) for attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen, British media reported Friday. The Premier League record for an initial fee was set when Chelsea signed Enzo Fernandez from Benfica for 106.

Reaction to the agreement of a £116m fee for the transfer Bayer Leverkusen's Florian Wirtz to Liverpool - which could be a British record if the add-ons are met.