A Calculated Gamble or Generation-Defining Coup? Wirtz’s Arrival Symbolises More Than Just a Big Fee There is something poetic, almost cinematic, about the moment

Liverpool are preparing to break the bank to sign the playmaker, and in Germany's defeat to Portugal he scored and proved he's no soft touch

Liverpool are hoping to wrap up a deal for Bayer Leverkusen star Florian Wirtz but have so far been unable to agree a fee with the German club, who have quoted the Reds around £126m