Liverpool about to sign 'one of the best players in the world' | OneFootball

One of the best players in the world has agreed a move to Liverpool.

We don't often hear that as fans. Even though the Reds have been one of the best teams in the world over the last decade or so, Liverpool don't sign the best players in the world, they make them.

From Mohamed Salah to Sadio Mane, there are very rare instances when Liverpool have actually landed one of the best players in the world.

Perhaps Virgil van Dijk or Alisson Becker could be the rare exceptions. But even they weren't universally regarded as the best players in the world.

It was only until they had arrived at Anfield that they truly earned that title. Now though, Liverpool are signing a player who is already recognised as one of the best players in the world.

Florian Wirtz is closing in on a move to the Reds, having agreed to join Liverpool. Fabrizio Romano has reported that the club is in the final stages of the agreement.

The pieces are all falling together for Liverpool to pull off what they rarely do. Not only could they land the most expensive deal of the summer but they will also be signing a player who is a one of a kind talent.

Wirtz has won the Bundesliga already. He's won the Bundesliga Players Player of the Year award two seasons in a row now.

At barely 22-years-old, he's made close to 200 appearances for Bayer Leverkusen and has averaged 0.77 goal contributions per 90 minutes.

Wirtz made 31 goal contributions this season and he's been incredible over the course of the last two campaigns.

From a young age, he has set one record after another, becoming the youngest to ever score in the history of the Bundesliga, then becoming the first to score five goals before his 18th birthday and the first to score more than 10 before his 19th birthday.

For Germany, he's been in the senior squad since he was 18-years-old. He was the youngest to score in the European Championships in the 21st century when he opened the scoring on home soil at Euro 2024 in the first game of the tournament.

After that he scored a decisive equaliser against Spain in the final stages of his country's quarter-final encounter -right when his team needed him the most.

He's bounced back from a difficult ACL injury, stronger than ever before. Wirtz is simply world-class but don't just take our word for it.

These are the words of Germany's national team manager, Julian Nagelsmann:

“I've never told a player: Move here or there. What matters is that he plays and that he plays a similar role in terms of significance to the one he played in Leverkusen. We know that he's one of the best players in the world," he said in his press conference ahead of Germany's National League encounter with Portugal.

Yep, that's right, he's one of the best players in the world, and he's coming to Liverpool.