English Premier League champions Liverpool have agreed a £116m deal (Approximately Sh20.3 billion) to sign Germany attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen.

The fee for the 22-year-old includes a guaranteed £100m and a further £16m in add-ons or bonuses.

Those bonus payments would become payable if Liverpool achieve a sustained level of success at elite level and would only then become a British record, the BBC reports.

The British record for an initial fee remains Chelsea's £107m signing of Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez from Benfica in 2023. Chelsea also brought in Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo for an initial £100m fee, which could rise to £115m.

Manchester City had been keen on Wirtz before cooling their interest because of the costs involved in the deal, while Bayern Munich were also linked with him.

"Liverpool strike verbal agreement with Bayer Leverkusen to sign Florian Wirtz. Paperwork to be drafted for deal worth £100m + £16m. 22 year old Germany playmaker to do medical before completing move from Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool on expected 5 year contract," transfer expert David Ornstein said on his X account Friday.

Wirtz made his debut for Leverkusen at the age of 17, scoring 57 goals in 197 games for the club, and helped them win the Bundesliga for the first time in 2024.

He has scored seven goals in 31 appearances for Germany since making his international debut in 2021.

He joins former Leverkusen teammate Jeremie Frimpong at Liverpool.

The Dutchman joined the Reds two weeks ago as a replacement for Trent Alexander-Arnold Arnold who has now joined Real Madrid.