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Liverpool signs Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen for huge fee that could climb to $156 million

Liverpool signs Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen for huge fee that could climb to $156 million

Toronto Star20-06-2025
FILE -Leverkusen's Florian Wirtz in action during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayer Leverkusen and FC Augsburg at the BayArena in Leverkusen, Germany, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner), File) SG flag wire: true flag sponsored: false article_type: pubinfo.section: cms.site.custom.site_domain : thestar.com sWebsitePrimaryPublication : publications/toronto_star bHasMigratedAvatar : false firstAuthor.avatar :
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