’s agent has revealed that he tried to engineer a “dream” transfer to final summer season earlier than finally in a £116m deal.
Agent Volker Struth claims that he known as then-Actual Madrid supervisor and inspired him to take Wirtz to the Bernabeu, with each Wirtz and Alonso having labored collectively at Bayer Leverkusen.
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And whereas Alonso would have been conscious of the German worldwide’s skills – with Wirtz a key participant in Leverkusen’s first ever Bundesliga title win in 2023/24 – the Spaniard reportedly referred Struth to Actual Madrid membership president Florentino Perez.
“In the course of the interval when a transfer to Liverpool or Bayern was being mentioned, I known as Xabi Alonso and instructed him: ‘It’s a must to take the lad from Leverkusen with you to Actual,’” Struth instructed German outlet .
Wirtz had strung collectively a sequence of constructive performances however was pressured to withdraw from the beginning XI towards Nottingham Forest final week (Getty Photographs)
“Xabi replied: ‘You don’t have to inform me that, you must inform Florentino Perez (Actual Madrid’s president).’
“So I really despatched him a message: ‘Pricey Florentino, I’ve instructed you a lot occasions earlier than: I’ve a participant right here whom I might extremely suggest. Florian Wirtz makes each group on the planet higher.’”
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Perez supposedly thanked Struth however referred him to the membership’s basic supervisor José Sanchez, and a deal by no means materialised throughout a summer season wherein Los Blancos signed Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dean Huijsen, Alvaro Carreras and Franco Mastantuono.
“That 12 months, it merely wasn’t the correct time because of the squad and the price range,” Struth defined.
“Even Actual Madrid’s coffers aren’t all the time overflowing. However my want stays that Florian will play there sooner or later,” he added.
Wirtz, together with Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike, was a part of an enormous summer season spending spree that has regarded to form the way forward for the membership (Getty Photographs)
Wirtz ended up final summer season, and whereas he has loved a combined begin to life at Anfield because the champions’ Premier League marketing campaign has stuttered, he’s starting to seek out his footing having produced a string of constructive performances earlier than being for final week’s .
The 22-year-old will probably be hoping to make a return this weekend for Saturday’s match towards West Ham, with the Reds seeking to transfer into the highest 5 forward of Chelsea enjoying Arsenal on Sunday.