According to a report from Sky Sport journalist Florian Plettenberg, Bayer Leverkusen ace Florian Wirtz will make €20 million gross per year at Liverpool FC: Understand Florian #Wirtz will earn around €20 million gross per year at Liverpool FC, plus possible bonus payments. #LFC

Florian Wirtz knows what it is to be a wanted man. And now, six years after catching the eye of some of the game's biggest clubs, Wirtz is making the second high profile, contentious move of his career.

Liverpool fans were buzzing on Friday when the news broke that the Reds had agreed on a landmark deal with Bayer Leverkusen for the transfer of Florian Wirtz. The Anfield outfit has triumphed after intense competition from Bayern Munich and Manchester City to capture the Germany international,