Don’t do this to us: Germany teammate urges Wirtz to rethink Bayern move | OneFootball

In one of the most spectacular transfers in recent times, Florian Wirtz moved from Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool FC last summer for around 140 million euros, after turning down an offer from FC Bayern. This decision against the Munich club is all the more surprising since the record champions were considered favorites in the transfer race for a long time, showed intense interest in the German international, and at times believed themselves to be in pole position in the pursuit of Wirtz.

It has now become public just how much some of Wirtz’s teammates at Leverkusen tried to dissuade him from moving to Munich. National teammate Robert Andrich revealed a bit behind the scenes on the podcast "Spielmacher" by '360Media'. He admitted to having spoken to Wirtz in the locker room: "Please don’t do it! Don’t do this to us," said Andrich, also because he didn’t want to see Bayern strengthened as a competitor.

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Andrich, who was himself a Bayern fan in his youth, explained his stance by saying that he didn’t want to grant the rival another outstanding German player.

A transfer of the exceptional talent to the Premier League suited him much better: "That’s what I was hoping for," Andrich explains. "I also told the Bayern guys that." In the end, he got his wish. Wirtz chose Liverpool. 

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