Liverpool have agreed a British-record fee of £116.5m to sign Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen.
The total package is £116.5m (€137.5m), made up of a £100m plus £16.5m in potential add-ons.
Wirtz is now free to speak to Liverpool, where personal terms are not expected to be a problem.
The medical will happen next week when the player returns from his holiday.
Wirtz only wanted Liverpool during this window.
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Wirtz was one of the Bundesliga’s most impressive performers last season.
The 22-year-old, who has spent his entire senior career at Leverkusen, scored 10 goals and registered 12 assists in 25 starts as his side finished runners-up to Bayern Munich, a year on from winning a league and cup double.
Wirtz scored for Germany in last Wednesday’s 2-1 Nations League semi-final defeat against Portugal.
Wirtz could follow his former Leverkusen team-mate Jeremie Frimpong to Anfield after the Netherlands international joined in a £29.5m deal.
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Former Bayer Leverkusen assistant director Devin Ozek discusses what they saw in Florian Wirtz to bring him to Leverkusen
Arne Slot’s side are also eyeing a deal for Bournemouth left-back Milos Kerkez.
The Premier League champions have made contact with the Cherries but are yet to make an offer as they explore the conditions of a potential deal.
‘Wirtz gives Liverpool different attacking options’
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Sky Sports’ Nick Wright takes a look at why Florian Wirtz is such a top target this summer…
European football expert Andy Brassell speaking on Sky Sports News:
“He is one of the best midfield players in Europe. You look at the age, you will get 10 years of service out of him, notwithstanding any injuries.
“Someone like him really shows that Arne Slot wants to develop Liverpool into his own team.
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Speaking at his AR26 Charity golf day, Liverpool defender and Scotland captain Andy Robertson talks to Sky reporter Adam Binnie about his own future at the club, his thoughts on Florian Wirtz and the challenges they face next season
“Wirtz gives them loads more options – he has played false nine, as a 10 or in wide positions. Liverpool do not have the centre forward they want at the moment; it gives them a front three with a completely different shape. Maybe it turns into a front two.
“It takes a lot of the creative load off Salah as he goes into his 30s. He is a great player and so adaptable.
“He is costing a lot of money, but for them to get him, he obviously really believes in the move.”
Why game-changer Wirtz is in demand – and how he fits in at Reds
Sky Sports’ Adam Bate:
“Florian Wirtz, he is a different player,” Marco Neppe tells Sky Sports. The former Bayern Munich technical director is a long-term admirer, but then who isn’t? At 22 years old, the Bayer Leverkusen player is already established among the world’s very best.
Last season, he was the fulcrum in the final third for a side that shocked Europe by ending Bayern’s 11-year reign as Leverkusen went unbeaten in the Bundesliga campaign to claim the first title in the club’s history. This season, his numbers are even better.
Into double figures for goals, he also has the most assists from open play in the competition with 12. Wirtz has completed the most dribbles in Germany, that ability to glide by opponents without breaking stride setting him apart. Special, in other words.
Read the lowdown on what makes Wirtz so good and how he might fit in at Liverpool.
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