News broke this morning that Liverpool FC had suddenly pulled ahead in the race for Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Germany men’s national team star Florian Wirtz — at Bayern Munich’s expense. Now, the mega-transfer — Leverkusen has reportedly been holding out for some €150M — is looking close to happening.

Liverpool now appear to be firmly in pole position to sign Florian Wirtz, and one man at Anfield has reportedly been pivotal towards the Reds holding the balance of power in this title race. In the early hours of Saturday morning,

Liverpool reportedly lead the race to sign Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen.A director of Germany’s national team has weighed in on Florian Wirtz’s future.The Bayer Leverkusen playmaker is the centre of a two-way transfer tussle between Liverpool and Bayern Munich.