Florian Wirtz wages revealed ahead of £116m Liverpool transfer | OneFootball

Florian Wirtz is on the cusp of becoming a Liverpool player and in the process will become the most expensive transfer the club has ever completed.

The Reds will pay Bayer Leverkusen an initial fee of £100 million for the German playmaker, which could rise to £116.5m with potential add-ons if clauses are met.

Those bonuses would see the deal break the British transfer record, so it goes without saying that Liverpool have gone all in this signing. But how much will they be paying their new star on a weekly basis?

Florian Wirtz wages revealed ahead of Liverpool transfer

Getting accurate data on salaries in football can be tricky as the Premier League does not require its clubs to publish what they pay individual players, unlike in American sports where all of that information is made publically available.

However, there have been reports from some trusted sources on what Wirtz will be earning after he signs with Liverpool.

The Athletic claim that the 22-year-old will be paid £200,000 per week, or £10.4m per annum, before any bonuses are accrued. When employer-related costs are added on top of his basic salary, he will cost Liverpool at least £12m a year.

That figure is corroborated by Sky Sports News‘ reporting, which claims he will be earning at least £195,000 a week, or £10.2m per annum. They add that it can rise to £245,000 a week, or £12.7m per annum, if individual and team-performance targets are met.

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That is a lot of money, but it doesn’t break Liverpool’s wage structure like many may have predicted his wages would. Mo Salah, for instance, is said to be earning around £400,000 per week.

Wirtz himself said in May that he is not motivated by money and it does seem likely that his move to Liverpool was made for primarily footballing reasons.

“When I moved from Cologne to Leverkusen [in 2020], I did not think for a single second about my salary, but only about what is best for my career,” he said. “I also don’t even care how much money I have in my account or what I could earn in the future.

“Of course, you should make sure that you get a good contract. But the sporting perspective is much more decisive for me than the money.”

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