Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Florian Wirtz seemingly denied a report that he requested the No. 10 shirt at Liverpool as part of talks over a potentially record-breaking transfer. In rare public comments from the player whose fee could break the English Premier League record,

Further incomings will be 'heavily influenced' by player departures, according to The Athletic, with Darwin Nunez among those who could leave. Liverpool expect to generate 'significant funds' by selling the forward after the signings of Wirtz and Kerkez.

Liverpool is continuing to work on a deal to sign Florian Wirtz from Bayern Munich and he denied a suggestion that he is eyeing up Alexis Mac Allister's squad number