Florian Wirtz

[MeatnSpudsMCFC]

Hope Bayer don’t fold and hold out for more.

 

[King Jay]

Age was against them.

Liverpool and FSG seem to like to hold out on the Wenger policy of 1 year rolling contracts for over 30 players.

Whether or not Salah's new contract works out remains to be seen, but we saw with Walker, Gundogan and KDB how quickly a world class player in their early 30's can decline very fast when getting close to 34/35.

Salah was never injured compared to KDB or Walker. Thats the main difference in my opinion

 

[dronefromsector7G]

Not a Dipper Forum.

Eh eh calm down

 

[Cityfan]

Salah was never injured compared to KDB or Walker. Thats the main difference in my opinion

Haven't looked at their injury records, but I don't recall Walker having much time out.

 

[King Jay]

Hard to believe when salah mane and co got it so hard to get a good contract out of them

Salah and mane were never that highly regarded as Wirtz is now. Especially at that age.

 

[lasereyes]

Premier League - Transfer balance and five-year comparison

In dieser Statistik werden die Transferbilanzen der letzten fünf bzw. zehn Jahre der Vereine der Premier League miteinander verglichen.

www.transfermarkt.co.uk

Their net spend last 5 years is -€320m. They don't sell well (Coutinho was an outlier) and they have spent a lot (particularly the past 5/6 years). And as others have said, they spend a lot on wages as well.

I work in Liverpool and talk to Liverpool fans all the time - the normal ones admit they spend loads, as that is the way of modern football.

hmmm

 

[waspish]

Hard to believe when salah mane and co got it so hard to get a good contract out of them

Yeah we will see what the fee and wages are if he signs!

 

[Skrastins]

 

[OntarioBlue]

Can’t wait to see the headlines in the media after this deal is done “Liverpool secure Wirtz in bargain of the Century €150m deal”

Meanwhile “Moneybags City splash £100m on three players as Pep tries to spend his way to success”

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Yeah we will see what the fee and wages are if he signs!

As if they'll be honestly reported. It'll have millions in add-ons that never get mentioned and he'll play for tuppence a week for the privilege of putting on the red shirt.

 

[waspish]

As if they'll be honestly reported. It'll have millions in add-ons that never get mentioned and he'll play for tuppence a week for the privilege of putting on the red shirt.

It will come out all the addons and wages! It probably be around £116m

 

[Ajm1985]

hmmm

Hmmm what?

 

[waspish]

Hmmm what?

Bop

 

[pauls]

It will come out all the addons and wages! It probably be around £116m

And portrayed as "good business " by their media lackeys.

 

[waspish]

And portrayed as "good business " by their media lackeys.

Well, he is 22, was world-class last season for them, and I think that's about the going rate, but he still has to prove himself in the best league in the world! So, at the moment, it looks about right. Deal.

 

[King Jay]

And portrayed as "good business " by their media lackeys.

Madrid paid 115M for Bellingham and he did less compared to Wirtz

 

[richards30]

Sounds like Leverkusen are getting their €150m fee with add ons. Huge number but not gonna lie, pissed off he’s going there

 

[Gumzy97]

Wirtz better defensively but Cherki is on another planet creatively. Wirtz is creative as well but Cherki is just on another level. 30 minute cameo for France and he made 4 key passes an assist and a wonder goal.

You go through every Lyon game last season he’s just phenomenal. Football is easy for him. Creativity is off the charts

 

[hammocity]

I've checked their financial accounts and Liverpool spent £562m on players in FY20 to FY24, with a net spend of £376m. For comparison, City spent £400m net.

Wages aren't much different either: Liverpool's totalled £1.77bn and City's were £1.89bn.

As I said, what he was repeating was dipper propaganda.

So a difference in total spend of £36m, compare prize money for those years and we’re significantly ahead of the Dippers in real terms.

 

[YaYa's Left Peg]

Sounds like Leverkusen are getting their €150m fee with add ons. Huge number but not gonna lie, pissed off he’s going there

Agreed. I’m afraid he’s going to be the game changer for Liverpool. Slot has certainly landed on his feet.