Consistent reports
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According to several reports, Bayer Leverkusen is faced with the commitment of central defender Jarell Quansah from Liverpool. With the 22-year-old himself, the Werkself is said to have already agreed. Also with the Reds, an understanding of the due transfer seems to be in sight.
The English U21 international came to his first league missions for the Liverpool professionals in the 2023/24 season. In the past season, however, the number of start -up operations under coach Arne Slot was reduced relatively drastically. Four in the past Premier League round, 13 previously under Jürgen Klopp. For this, Quansah was able to try the Champions League after the Europa League last year.
Quansah would be a replacement for Jonathan Tah (29) from Leverkusen, but would cost significantly more in the purchase price than the German international. For Tah, a low transfer is due only because of the early release for the club World Cup with Bavaria, which, depending on the success of the record champions at the tournament in the USA, could increase to a small millions. For Quansah, it is reportedly necessary to have a record.
Transfer reporter Fabrizio Romano, who spoke of a personal agreement with the player, a price tag of the equivalent of around 35 million euros plus bonuses can be heard. “The Athletic”, according to which the clubs are no longer far from an agreement, reports on a transfer amount that could exceed the EUR 40 million. The most expensive purchase of the Bayer history to date goes back to Kerem Demirbay’s transfer from the 2019/20 season and cost 32 million euros.
Report: Bayer with Häcken about Faye – Wirtz arrived in Liverpool
According to “Sky”, Leverkusen has also reached an agreement with BK Häcken, from where the 20 -year -old defender Abdoulaye Faye is supposed to come. Accordingly, Bayer would initially give the Senegalese – where to go. The Swedish newspaper “Aftonbladet” recently put a record revenue in the room for horns without further details. However, this would mean that the youngster would have to cost at least 7.25 million euros.
Florian Wirtz will meanwhile go the opposite way to Quansah. The long-awaited departure of Bayer Leverkusen is said to be official on Friday if the 22-year-old signed his contract with Liverpool FC after the medical check. Once in England, the international is reportedly.
The transfer package, which the clubs have agreed on, should be able to include up to 150 million euros, including bonus payments. A basic loss of over 125 million euros is to be expected, which is said to increase with very easy -to -reach bonuses to 140 million euros in a timely manner. Wirtz would be the most expensive transfer in the Bundesliga and Premier League history. Including all additional payments there are only two players before Wirtz who were ever more expensive; Neymar and Kylian Mbappé, for which Paris Saint-Germain paid 222 million and 180 million euros. A basic loss of EUR 125 million would bring landlord to sixth place in the most expensive players in football history.