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Liverpool is expected to break the record for the highest transfer fee ever.
British media, including the BBC, reported on the 11th (Korea time) 'Liverpool reached an agreement with Leverkusen on the transfer of Florian Birz' Liverpool's proposed transfer fee is 150 million euros (about 233.6 billion won), nearly double the club's all-time record (85 million euros) recorded when Darwin Nunes was recruited in 2022. Fabrizio Romano, who reported the news of the transfer to Europe, also posted a unique chant, 'Here we go', on social media.
Birtz, who is from Germany and made his first-team debut for Leverkusen in 2020, was a player who helped Leverkusen win the Bundesliga and Pokal in the 2023-2024 season. He won the Young Player of the Year award twice in the Europa League and was named the Bundesliga Player of the Year in the 2023-2024 season.
After the end of this season, the transfer of Birz was a hot potato. Manchester City, as well as Bayern Munich, the strongest team in the Bundesliga, were also selected as a team seeking to recruit him. However, Liverpool seems to be the final winner.
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Liverpool's task of winning the Premier League was to strengthen its power. With his separation from Trent Alexander-Arnold confirmed, adding to the weight of the midfield was cited as a task for the new season. After agreeing to renew the contract with main gun Mohamed Salah, he started the reinforcement work by signing Jeremy Frimpong and Armin Pecci. He is stepping up efforts to lay the foundation for the success of the new season by catching Birz, which was considered one of the "biggest fish".
With the recruitment of Birz, Liverpool opened an era of 100 million euros in transfer fees for the first time. He set a new record by achieving more than double the maximum amount at the time of Nunes' recruitment. Liverpool's highest transfer fee income is 142 million euros received when Philippe Coutinho was sent to FC Barcelona in the summer of 2018. With the recruitment of Birtz, Liverpool has broken a record high in spending and income.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
