“Of course, we would have liked to have Florian Wirtz” ️

Liverpool sent Florian Wirtz transfer claim by Bayern Munich chief – ‘we would have’

Latest Liverpool transfer news and gossip, with a claim made about summer signing Florian Wirtz, who was also wanted by Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich chief Uli Hoeneß has opened up on the club missing out on signing Florian Wirtz this summer. Liverpool signed the Germany international from Bayer Leverkusen in a deal worth potentially up to £116million.

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The Reds will pay an initial fee worth £100million to Leverkusen for Wirtz. There is the potential for the overall package of the deal to include £16million in add-ons which would take the fee up to £116million.

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Wirtz was heavily linked with a move away from Leverkusen for several months before he went on to join Liverpool. Bayern were interested in signing the 22-year-old, while Manchester City were also mentioned as a potential destination.

More than month on from the deal being completed, Bayern chief Hoeneß has explained how the Bundesliga giants did have an interest in Wirtz and why a move was not likely to happen.

“We’re very satisfied at FC Bayern,” Hoeneß told Sport1’s DOPA. “We are the real winners of the summer transfer window. We have a strong team and didn’t need to strengthen it much.

“Of course, we would have liked to have Florian Wirtz, but we’d never have bought him for €150million (£130million).

We offered €55million (£47.7million) for Nick Woltemade, while Stuttgart wanted €75 million (£65million). In the end, he went to Newcastle for €90m (£78million).

“What Newcastle are doing has nothing to do with football. It’s like Monopoly these days”

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