Liverpool prepared to accept €110m offer for forward

Liverpol spent £450m on new players in last summer’s transfer window.

Sporting director Richard Hughes was content to break the British transfer record twice - in deals for Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak.

It’s fair to say neither has yet lived up to the immense expectations placed upon them when they signed.

Isak, 26, was unfit when he left Newcastle on transfer deadline day for £125m - and has only scored twice in 15 outings for the Premier League champions so far.

The Swede is being outshone by fellow summer arrival Hugo Ekitike - and has a long way to go before he establishes himself as the club’s undisputed starting striker.

Real Madrid offered chance to sign Wirtz

Wirtz meanwhile has fared slightly better.

The 22-year-old German has flickered occasionally for Arne Slot’s side - but he remains a long way short of the form which convinced Liverpool to pay a fee that could reach £116m for his services.

Wirtz has been moved around the attack - even though Slot promised him a starting role as the central playmaker. As well as No10 he has been also tried at left wing - but Liverpool still await a goal - or a Premier League assist - from their new attacking star.

There is a degree of excitement in the Spanish press meanwhile about Real Madrid’s prospects of signing Wirtz - with claims emerging that Liverpool have already written him off.

LFC would accept €110m for Wirtz

This is clearly likely to be wishful thinking - with Wirtz agreeing a five-year deal at Anfield. But Defensa Central is nonetheless claiming that the Reds are willing to accept a fee of €110m for Wirtz - having paid around €137m overall for him last summer.

“The English club paid 150 million for Wirtz last summer, but now they are opening the door for his departure,” the report reads.

“In fact, they are reportedly willing to lower their asking price and put him up for sale for 110 million.”

Wirtz MUST improve

The reason Madrid are so interested is that Xabi Alonso was the man who unlocked Wirtz’s best form at Bayer Leverkusen.

The duo won the 2023/24 Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double together in an extraordinary unbeaten season.

And Madrid were in fact contenders to sign Wirtz before he joined Liverpool - with Arne Slot ultimately convincing the playmaker his future lay on Merseyside.

It’s a remote possibility that the Reds will give up on Wirtz so soon after signing - but we must admit that he hasn’t yet lived up to expectation. Slot needs to get the best out of Wirtz - and fast - otherwise the questions will truly start to rise.

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