Liverpool is closing in on the signing of Florian Wirtz, and the German playmaker will be hoping to have a more successful Premier League career than his childhood hero

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Florian Wirtz is on the verge of joining Liverpool for a English transfer-record fee of £116.5m and his club Bayer Leverkusen will have significant funds to replace the playmaker

Liverpool has agreed a deal to sign Germany international Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen, and the German club is now searching for a replacement for the star attacker