Florian Wirtz declares he won’t allow his British record transfer charge to divert him as he starts life at Liverpool.
The 22-year-old playmaker joined the Reds from Bayer Leverkusen for a £100 million baseline fee, with add-ons possibly raising the transaction to £116 million.
Still for Wirtz, the figures mean little. Ahead of Liverpool’s Premier League title defence, he is focused on bettering his game and helping the team to strengthen.
“I don’t think about it. I just want to play football and how much money the clubs pay between each other, it doesn’t matter,” he remarked.
Monday saw the Anfield powerhouses’ 3-2 victory over Athletic Bilbao which feature the Germany international. He nearly scored, hitting the crossbar, and exhibited flashes of why the Merseyside outfit invested so much in him.
He continued: “Of course the big challenge is to win the title again and it is the most difficult thing so [I will] try and just create chances and also work against the ball.
“I can also run a lot so [I will] bring this to the team and then with the ball I can make the team better and bring my team-mates into better situations.
“I came because I thought I could fit in this team and I am enjoying to play with these players and getting every time a little bit better so I am happy with how it is going.”
Before his transfer, the erstwhile Leverkusen captain scored 57 goals over 197 matches. He is currently concentrating on adjusting to the English top-flight’s speed and intensity.
“I am a player who needs freedom on the pitch and the manager gives it to me because I have to respect the position and the players around me,” he added.
“I will try to find the right places to be and the right spaces to get the ball and to be dangerous and create chances – I have not played a match in the Premier League but I am looking forward and that is why I came.”
The German is not going back. Pushing the current champions forward is his only goal at this point.
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