Arsenal sent clear message amid Florian Wirtz to Liverpool transfer

Liverpool look set to sign a second player from Bayer Leverkusen after completing a deal for Jeremie Frimpong already this summer.

Florian Wirtz - one of the hottest prospects in European football - is set to join Frimpong at Anfield and become Arne Slot's second signing of the summer already, with the transfer window only open for four days.

Wirtz has been linked with in the past and had looked set to move to Bayern Munich in this summer transfer window, but it is Liverpool who have won the race to sign the 22-year-old in what could be a £100million deal.

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Liverpool will not be done there either, with Milos Kerkez another player the Reds look set to sign in the coming days as they look to get their transfer business done early.

Wirtz arriving at Anfield only strengthens Slot's options in the midfield. The Dutchman can already call upon Wataru Endo, Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch.

Liverpool claimed the Premier League title by ten points from this season and adding two new faces to their squad already only strengthens their grip on the crown.

The are likely to be busy themselves during the summer, with the likes of Benjamin Sesko, Viktor Gyokeres and Martin Zubimendi heavily linked. But Liverpool have already made moves, showing their intent ahead of the 2025/26 campaign.

Liverpool named a 21-man squad when they updated their list for the Premier League in February. Two players have departed - Caoimhin Kelleher to Brentford and Trent Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid, but two players will be moving from the U21 list to the main list - Jarrell Quansah and Conor Bradley.

Frimpong and Wirtz take the squad number to 23, with two more spaces available for other new signings.

to the likes of that they mean business once more, particularly given their lack of spending in the 2024 summer transfer window.

Arsenal always knew they would go into this transfer window needing to make moves, but Liverpool's situation makes that even more imperative moving forwards. Mikel Arteta and Andrea Berta will know they need to compete with the Reds' spending to ensure they can compete on the pitch in the 2025/26 season.