{"id":273225,"date":"2025-07-18T23:05:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T23:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/273225\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T23:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T23:05:13","slug":"florian-wirtzs-dad-reveals-how-arne-slot-convinced-son-to-join-liverpool-over-bayern-munich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/273225\/","title":{"rendered":"Florian Wirtz’s dad reveals how Arne Slot convinced son to join Liverpool over Bayern Munich"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arne Slot was the key behind convincing Florian Wirtz to join Liverpool over Bayern Munich this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The details behind Wirtz’s British-record switch<\/a> to the Premier League have now been revealed by his father.<\/p>\n

\"Wirtz<\/a><\/p>\n

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Wirtz turned down Bayern to join Liverpool for a record \u00a3116mCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

The German star became the most expensive player in English football history<\/a> in June following his \u00a3116million transfer. <\/p>\n

Liverpool managed to fend off Bayern in a long battle, with the reigning Bundesliga champions left gutted<\/a> after missing out. <\/p>\n

And the Reds<\/a> appear to have manager Slot to thank for that.<\/p>\n

Wirtz<\/a>‘s dad, Hans-Joachim, has said that it was the Dutchman who convinced his son<\/a> to pick Anfield over the Allianz.<\/p>\n

He told Der Spiegel via BILD: “Arne Slot<\/a> has impressed Florian on the pitch. He’s also a very pleasant person.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Florian’s best coaches have always been those who gave him plenty of freedom. <\/p>\n

“And those with the greatest empathy have also reached Florian. <\/p>\n

“He finds the game in England interesting because it thrives on pace and dynamism.<\/p>\n

“Arne Slot presented his playing philosophy, the team tactics in possession and pressing, and how Florian can develop his strengths in these areas. <\/p>\n

“This made a decisive impression on Florian. The training conditions in Liverpool were also totally impressive.”<\/p>\n

\"Slot's<\/a><\/p>\n

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Slot’s pitch to the German star secured his signatureCredit: Getty\"And<\/a><\/p>\n

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And he opted to leave Leverkusen for Liverpool, turning down BayernCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

So it appears that Slot’s pitch to Wirtz managed to pry him away from Bayern’s grasp and join his side instead. <\/p>\n

The Dutchman’s first year as Liverpool manager could not have gone much better as they won the Premier League title<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The Reds were the runaway winners in the top-flight and it’s the tactics that led to that success which drew Wirtz in.<\/p>\n

His dad then added more detail into the tough decision to reject Bayern when his son departed Bayer Leverkusen<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“The situation with Bayern<\/a> was difficult because Uli Hoeness and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge made incredible efforts and also clearly analysed the sporting possibilities,” he explained. <\/p>\n

“I have the greatest respect for Uli Hoeness and his lifetime achievements.<\/p>\n

\"Hoeness<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hoeness and Bayern’s chiefs were left gutted that Wirtz rejected themCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

“After Florian’s cruciate ligament tear in 2022, he selflessly helped us quickly get an appointment for the surgery in Innsbruck. <\/p>\n

“We are still grateful to him for that. That’s why the final phone call with Uli Hoeness was very difficult for me.<\/p>\n

“We had spoken several times beforehand, so he was as objective and fair as I’d ever known him. <\/p>\n

“But of course, he couldn’t hide his disappointment. After all, he had personally worked hard to secure this transfer.”<\/p>\n

Liverpool were the team to bring in the highly-rated star, who could now help the Reds go back-to-back in the Premier League. <\/p>\n

Wirtz is yet to make his debut for his new club, but that may come against AC Milan<\/a> as they begin their tour of Asia later this month.<\/p>\n

Bayern Munich left fuming that top transfer target has chosen Premier League move<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arne Slot was the key behind convincing Florian Wirtz to join Liverpool over Bayern Munich this summer. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[3018,1062,748,3019,393,2912,103469,4884,179,1127,101,100,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-273225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-bayer-leverkusen","9":"tag-bayern-munich","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-bundesliga","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-florian-wirtz","14":"tag-florian-wirtz-dad","15":"tag-great-britain","16":"tag-liverpool","17":"tag-liverpool-transfer-news","18":"tag-premier-league","19":"tag-transfer-news","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114876745364345534","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273225","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=273225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}