Florian Wirtz’s bid to ‘lure’ ANOTHER friend to Liverpool from Bayer Leverkusen – as top defender opens up on being ‘courted’

A former team-mate of Florian Wirtz has revealed that the brand new Liverpool star tried to persuade him to observe him to Anfield.

Jonathan Tah joined Bayern Munich from Bayer Leverkusen on a free switch this summer season, signing a contract with the Bundesliga champions that runs up till 2029.

The defender is one among numerous gamers to have left Leverkusen within the window and that listing consists of new Liverpool star Wirtz.

Wirtz joined the Reds in a staggering £116million deal earlier this summer season, a payment that would rise to a British membership file.

He wasn’t the one Leverkusen participant to reach on Merseyside with right-back Jeremie Frimpong becoming a member of in a £29.5m deal.

And Tah has admitted that he spoke to the German playmaker about following of their footsteps.

Jonathan Tah (L) and Wirtz each left Bayer Leverkusen throughout this summer season’s switch window

The 29-year-old was requested by Kicker if he tried to lure his good pal to Bayern and mentioned that it was in actual fact the other.

‘I do not wish to give an excessive amount of away,’ he mentioned. Possibly he was additionally courting me at instances as a result of I wasn’t positive what was subsequent both.

‘We each made our choice, that is good, that is precisely the way it needs to be.’

The 2 gamers have been members of the Leverkusen crew that went undefeated to win the 2023-24 Bundesliga.

They’ll proceed to line up alongside each other on the worldwide scene with each being members of the Germany crew.