After Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai, now Liverpool’s Florian Wirtz is being linked to Real Madrid.
And these aren’t just loose internet links either, with all three seeing key figures in their careers speak up over switching Anfield for the Bernabeu, just like Trent Alexander-Arnold.
First it was Mac Allister’s father linking his son with Madrid, and then Szoboszlai’s Hungary manager Marco saying his captain has dreamed of Madrid since childhood.
This time around it’s Florian Wirtz’s agent Volker Struth.
Speaking to BILD, he said: “During the period when a move to Liverpool or Bayern was being discussed, I called Xabi Alonso and told him: ‘You have to take the lad from Leverkusen with you to Real.’
“Xabi replied: ‘You don’t have to tell me that, you have to tell Florentino Pérez.’ So I actually sent him a message…”
He claims the message read: “Dear Florentino, I’ve told you this many times before: I have a player here whom I would highly recommend. Florian Wirtz makes every team in the world better.”
Struth finished: “That year, it simply wasn’t the right time due to the squad and the budget. Even Real Madrid’s coffers aren’t always full.
“But my wish remains that Florian will play there one day.”
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