by The former goalkeeper from Liverpool, Sander Westterveld, believes that the club record that Florian Wirtz has signed is worth £ 100 million.
The club has smashed its previous best -an 85 millions -pfund -deal for Darwin Nunez -to secure the services of the Bayer Leverkusen playmaker, and Westerveld said that the “Little Magician” could prove to be transformative.
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“He is definitely worth the money, he is a little magician,” said Westerveld of the PA news agency.
According to the former goalkeeper Sander Westerveld (Niall Carson/Pa), Florian Wirtz is worth his transmission fee of £ 100 million (Niall Carson/Pa).
“I don’t want to compare it to other players, but he will definitely be one of the most exciting players next season.”
At the opening of a Cruyff Court, which was created by the Cruyff Foundation and which bears the name of the Netherlands Great Johan – which was named at the Liverpool Lakeside School, which is directed for pupils with additional learning needs.
The expected arrival of the left-back from Bournemouth Milos Kerkez this week in combination with the arrivals of Wirtz, his Leverkusen teammate Jeremie Frimpong and the goalkeeper from Valencia Giorgi Mamardashvili, who take over the Premier League champions over 200 million GBP.
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They have been the largest transfer windows of the Fenway Sports Group since 2018.
“Finally they would say,” added Westerveld.
“Last season they only bought Chiesa (Federico), so you haven’t spent in recent years like other teams, but I think it was the right moment now.
“You said all the time that we only spend a lot of money on players who add the team.” When you (Florian) see Wirtz, (Jeremie) Frimpong and (Milos) Kerkez, you are really exciting players.
“Wirtz is one of the best players in Europe and this is very helpful for Liverpool and it is really exciting to see how the team gets together now.”
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Westerveld did not know that his name would be on the Cruyff Court when he officially opened it on Monday.
“It is a very nice surprise and I am proud to have my name on the pitch. I was made to open it,” he said.
“All legends, from Johan Cruyff to (Frank) Rijkaard (Marco) van Basten to Ruud Gullitt and Virgil van Dijk, have their names in court so that my name is a great honor.”
