{"id":157330,"date":"2025-06-04T11:16:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T11:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/157330\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T11:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T11:16:14","slug":"liverpool-taking-last-steps-to-seal-169m-double-deal-with-reds-on-verge-of-historic-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/157330\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool ‘taking last steps’ to seal \u00a3169m double deal with Reds ‘on verge’ of ‘historic’ transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool are closing in on deals for Bayer Leverkusen star Florian Wirtz and Bournemouth defender Milos Kerkez, according to reports.<\/p>\n

The Reds have flown out of the blocks in the summer transfer market after Arne Slot\u2019s side won the Premier League title in the Dutchman\u2019s first season.<\/p>\n

Liverpool<\/strong><\/a> are now looking to build on that success with their early Champions League qualification allowing them to know their budget before any other side in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

Jeremie Frimpong was their first signing of the summer<\/strong><\/a> when his transfer from Bayer Leverkusen was confirmed last week, with the Netherlands international to replace Trent Alexander-Arnold, who is on his way to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n

And now it looks like two more players are about to follow after the latest updates with Leverkusen\u2019s Wirtz and Bournemouth\u2019s Kerkez now close to joining Frimpong at Anfield.<\/p>\n

Liverpool are looking to improve at left-back as that became one of their weak links this season with Andy Robertson not on top form under Slot.<\/p>\n

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And now journalist Rudy Galetti has claimed that Liverpool are \u2018taking the last steps\u2019 to seal a deal for Kerkez with the Hungary international set to join for \u20ac50m (\u00a342m).<\/p>\n

Galetti wrote on X<\/a>: \u201cLiverpool are taking the last steps for Milos Kerkez.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe deal is almost sealed between Liverpool and Bournemouth for ~\u20ac50m plus performance-related bonuses as a final fee.<\/p>\n

\u201cA five-year contract was already agreed upon with the player days ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

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And German publication Bild claim that<\/a> Wirtz \u2018has already agreed terms\u2019 on a contract until 2030 with Liverpool and that it\u2019s just down to the two clubs to agree a fee.<\/p>\n

It is understood that the \u2018deal could ultimately amount to a sum between 140 and the 150 million euros (\u00a3118m-\u00a3127m) demanded by Leverkusen boss Fernando Carro\u2019.<\/p>\n

Liverpool are now \u2018on the verge\u2019 of a \u2018historic\u2019 transfer with the deal set to break the Premier League record set when Chelsea paid\u00a0\u00a3106.8m for Enzo Fernandez in January 2023.<\/p>\n

Both Liverpool and Leverkusen \u2018want to finalise the transfer as quickly as possible under their desired terms\u2019 and the report gives the German side an \u2018advantage\u2019 as they know FSG\u2019s CEO of football, Michael Edwards, \u2018has already received approval from the club\u2019s owners in Boston for \u20ac150 million (\u00a3127m) for Wirtz\u2019.<\/p>\n

Jamie Carragher reckons Liverpool \u201cneed five or six players\u201d this summer including the deals for Frimpong, Wirtz and Kerkez.<\/p>\n

Carragher said on The Overlap: \u201cThroughout the season, I was still saying that Liverpool still need five or six players.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the left-back comes in and plays straight away, Frimpong will fight with Conor Bradley, Wirtz will play when he comes to the club. But I still think we need a centre forward. I think Liverpool will look to get their business done pretty early.<\/p>\n

\u201cLiverpool need a left-back, Andy Robertson needs help on that side and Kostas Tsimikas will be moved on. I\u2019ve always felt that attacking midfield and left-back are the two areas that have jumped out to me in the last 12 to 18 months.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether Wirtz comes in and plays in Szoboszlai\u2019s role or plays from the left, I don\u2019t know. But the next one is centre forward and I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if once Liverpool get these three [Frimpong, Wirtz, and the left-back] done, the next one will be a centre forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the window goes on, Liverpool will just see who they can sell and what they can do \u2013 they might bring in another midfield player or a centre-back to back up, but they\u2019ll just assess what the situation is.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are closing in on deals for Bayer Leverkusen star Florian Wirtz and Bournemouth defender Milos Kerkez, according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2912,225,179,16123,12,101,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-157330","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-florian-wirtz","9":"tag-home-page","10":"tag-liverpool","11":"tag-milos-kerkez","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-premier-league","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114624815782277833","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}