Liverpool could line up DREAM Florian Wirtz swap deal | OneFootball

Liverpool are planning an ambitious summer and the recent transfer link to Bayer Leverkusen's Florian Wirtz perfectly underpins how bold the Reds' recruitment team is looking to be.

We've all been attempting to work out where Liverpool might decide to strengthen ahead of next season, but a playmaker such as Wirtz was not on our lists.

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This is not to say that the 22-year-old is not an incredibly talented player who would thrive on Merseyside, but a move for such an asset just didn't look to be on the cards.

Dominik Szoboszlai was the Reds' No.10 this season and while his attacking contributions might have been a little underwhelming, his overall work on and off the ball was incredibly impressive, which helped Liverpool to dominate so many games on their way to winning the Premier League.

But the Hungarian is perfectly capable of playing a number of different roles, and there are very few players who typify what it is to be a playmaker beyond Wirtz, who has 16 goals and 14 assists this season.

The problem with the link to German is how can Liverpool get a deal over the line, given his enormous price tag, although the Reds might have a trump card in their pocket ready to play.

Harvey Elliot to help facilitate a move for Wirtz?

According to Kicker, the midfielder is valued at €150m (£125m), which means Liverpool would have to break their record transfer fee by around £40m is a move is on the cards.

To say Liverpool's interest in him is ambitious is probably an understatement.

But this is one of the biggest talents on the planet, delivering for one of the biggest team's in the Bundesliga, and it was only last season that he helped his team to an Invincible league title win, ending Bayern Munich's dominant reign.

So how can we make this slightly more feasible? Well, the £125m fee is obviously going to be tough to meet, but a 'swap deal' of sorts could be used to try and bring down the price.

Leverkusen will be without a player, so we can help try to replace Wirtz for them, and instead of receiving a fee, we would simply pay a discounted price which could potentially drop to £75m.

In my view, Harvey Elliott could be the player Liverpool used in such a plan.