{"id":157868,"date":"2025-06-04T15:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/157868\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T15:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:53:10","slug":"how-much-reds-will-pay-wirtz-revealed-after-james-pearce-delivers-captivating-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/157868\/","title":{"rendered":"How much Reds will pay Wirtz revealed after James Pearce delivers captivating update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A report has revealed how much Liverpool will pay Florian Wirtz when he completes his move from Bayer Leverkusen this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds have flown out of the blocks in the summer transfer market with their early Premier League title win helping them getting their transfer plans moving.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/every-premier-league-transfer-release-completed-summer-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jeremie Frimpong has already signed in a \u00a329.5m deal from Bayer Leverkusen<\/strong><\/a>, while Bournemouth left-back Milos Kerkez has reportedly agreed personal terms ahead of a potential move.<\/p>\n<p>But their marquee signing of the summer would be Wirtz with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/liverpool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Liverpool<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0reportedly making two bids for the Bayer Leverkusen attacking midfielder so far.<\/p>\n<p>Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano revealed earlier this week that Liverpool are \u2018optimistic\u2019 that they can get a deal over the line with more negotiations coming.<\/p>\n<p>Romano wrote on\u00a0X: \u2018Liverpool remain confident to finalize Florian Wirtz deal as new round of talks has been scheduled this week. Club optimistic to get the agreement sealed with Bayer Leverkusen soon.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/net-zero-green-clubs-salah-van-dijk-liverpool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mo Salah is first name on the Net-Zero XI teamsheet as green clubs rewarded<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Agreeing a deal with Wirtz has not been a problem with the Germany international revealing in April that money won\u2019t be a deciding factor in where he plays his football next season.<\/p>\n<p>Wirtz said: \u201cI don\u2019t even care about how much money I have in my account or what I might earn in the future. Of course, you should make sure you get a good contract. But for me, the sporting perspective is much more important than the money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/sport\/fussball\/bayer-leverkusen-weniger-als-bayern-bot-gehalt-von-florian-wirtz-in-liverpool-enthuellt-683eff53ebc8774e222db5ad#fromWall\" target=\"_blank\">And now German publication Bild have revealed that<\/a> Wirtz is \u2018expected to earn between 20 and 22 million euros (\u00a316.8m-\u00a318.5m) per year at the Reds, depending on his success\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>That \u2018puts him just behind\u2019 Mohamed Salah who is the top earner at Liverpool and Bild insist that his wage \u2018could have been even more had he moved to Munich\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/florian-wirtz-liverpool-lightweight-mailbox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mailbox:\u00a0Florian Wirtz could be a \u2018lightweight short-arse getting bullied every week\u2019<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-take-last-steps-kerkez-wirtz-double-deal-leverkusen-bournemouth-historic-transfer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Liverpool \u2018taking last steps\u2019 to seal \u00a3169m double deal with Reds \u2018on verge\u2019 of \u2018historic\u2019 transfer<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-liverpool-caoimhin-kelleher-brentford-transfer-back-to-champions-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Brentford the perfect stepping stone for Liverpool keeper back to Champions League<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Journalist James Pearce, who has covered Liverpool for years, has an update on what he knows with a \u201ccompromise\u201d on a fee expected to be reached soon.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4HHuM8WrM3AznChqNzTFXc\" target=\"_blank\">Pearce said on Walk On: The Athletic FC\u2019s Liverpool show<\/a>: \u201cDavid Ornstein reported late last week that a second bid of \u00a3109m went in. It wasn\u2019t accepted, but those discussions are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sense an expectation from both ends that a compromise will be reached. I think it massively helped Liverpool that Wirtz has made it clear to Liverpool that he wants the move to happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a huge expectation that he\u2019d be going to Bayern Munich. When we reported the interest, the people I\u2019d spoken to said it was about trying to ensure that Liverpool would be at the front of the queue if he was prepared to move outside of Germany.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly, Liverpool have done a magnificent job of selling the project to him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A report has revealed how much Liverpool will pay Florian Wirtz when he completes his move from Bayer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2912,13,225,179,12,101,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-157868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-florian-wirtz","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-home-page","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-premier-league","14":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114625904861524356","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157868","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=157868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}