Wirtz contract details emerge after £116m star put Liverpool arrival on hold

Florian Wirtz will not have his Liverpool medical until Friday after going on holiday having played for Germany last week with £116m signing set to pen a five-year contract

Florian Wirtz is set to have his Liverpool medical on Friday before signing a deal until the summer of 2030 - with the delay put down to the £116m signing wanting to go on holiday first.

Germany playmaker Wirtz will be a British record transfer once the deal is made official at the end of the week after the Reds agreed to stump up £100m to Bayer Leverkusen with an additional £16m of add-ons.

And Wirtz will be penning a five-year contract that will make him the club’s second best player after Mohamed Salah but ahead of captain Virgil van Dijk.

The brief hold up in the transfer being completed is because Wirtz has taken in a quick vacation after serving his country in the UEFA Nations League.

Wirtz is poised to become Arne Slot's third new addition this summer. Jeremie Frimpong, the replacement for Trent Alexander-Arnold, and back-up goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili have already completed moves.

Liverpool have helped fund some of their summer spending by selling second-choice goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher to Brentford and Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid for £10m despite there only being a month remaining on his contract.

And once the Wirtz deal is announced the club are also set to seal the £40m signing of Milos Kerkez from Bournemouth with the left-back expected to usurp Andrew Robertson as first choice.

Talks between Liverpool and the Cherries continue with Bournemouth yesterday sealing the acquisition of left-sided defender Adrien Truffert from Rennes in a move worth £14.5m.

Wirtz is not the only Bundesliga star on Liverpool's radar this summer – but a deal for Hugo Ekitike is likely to appear beyond their reach because Eintracht Frankfurt chief Markus Krosche is standing firm on holding out for £85m for the striker.

“If the price isn’t right, then he’ll just stay with us. We don’t have to sell Hugo,” Krosche told German media. Ekitie had also been of interest to Chelsea, who have already signed Liam Delap from Ipswich.