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How Liverpool beat Man City and Bayern to Florian Wirtz: Arne Slot's key role, what the star was telling his team-mates and how the club went 'all out' to secure British record £116m deal

How Liverpool beat Man City and Bayern to Florian Wirtz: Arne Slot's key role, what the star was telling his team-mates and how the club went 'all out' to secure British record £116m deal

Florian Wirtz will soon become the 10th footballer to move for nine figures or more - but Liverpool are confident he will buck a trend set by the other £100million men.

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