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title: "Virals: Liverpool target Florian Wirtz billed as ‘successor’ to Sadio Mane"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Dan Clubbe"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2022-01-19T17:00:00Z"
modified: "2022-01-19T17:00:00Z"
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# Virals: Liverpool target Florian Wirtz billed as ‘successor’ to Sadio Mane

[Liverpool](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2022/01/19/pep-lijnders-confirms-alex-oxlade-chamberlain-will-miss-semi-final-clash/) have long since been linked with a move for Bayer Leverkusen wonderkid [Florian Wirtz](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/12/28/virals-club-director-opens-up-on-future-of-liverpool-target-florian-wirtz/) at some point down the line and a fresh report looks to have handed the club a boost.

The Reds have once again been [named](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/florian-wirtz-rise-might-hand-21854185) alongside Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Bayern Munich as potential suitors for the 18-year-old.

Already [capped on four occasions](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/florian-wirtz/nationalmannschaft/spieler/598577/verein_id/3262) by Germany, Wirtz looks to have a supremely bright future at the very highest level.

According to a report from [SportBild](https://sportbild.bild.de/), as cited by [Sport Witness](https://twitter.com/Sport_Witness) on Twitter, Liverpool could be the ideal destination for the teenage sensation.

> Florian Wirtz | “He would do well with Klopp” – Liverpool backed to sign Bundesliga star, ‘successor to Sadio Mané’ [https://t.co/DfEVrU4JxL](https://t.co/DfEVrU4JxL) [#lfc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/lfc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
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> — Sport Witness (@Sport\_Witness) [January 19, 2022](https://twitter.com/Sport_Witness/status/1483750602240843776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

The report claims that the [attacking midfielder](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/who-is-florian-wirtz-bayer-leverkusen-s-wonderkid-youngest-ever-debutant-11192) ‘would do well with Jurgen Klopp’ as a possible ‘successor to Sadio Mane’ in the future.

This season Wirtz – once hailed as [‘extremely talented’](https://bulinews.com/news/5193/leverkusen-coach-peter-bosz-heaps-praise-record-breaking-debutant-florian-wirtz) by Rudi Völler – has [scored eight times and provided 12 assists](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/florian-wirtz/leistungsdaten/spieler/598577) in 23 appearances across all competitions.

### READ LIVERPOOL VERDICT

Valued at £63million and under contract until 2026 ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/florian-wirtz/marktwertverlauf/spieler/598577)), signing Wirtz would no doubt prove to be a highly expensive venture.

Billed to cost in excess of €100million (£83million), that fee for a teenager who has already amassed [70 senior outings](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/florian-wirtz/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/598577) for a major European club may still represent superb value for money.

Albeit the German starlet certainly possesses the [potential and the attributes](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/394786/Show/Florian-Wirtz) to emulate Mane, from a positional perspective Wirtz is far better suited to a central role and would be unlikely to fill those particular boots.

That said, there can be no doubting the [talent](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wm7mndYeh8&vl=en) and Liverpool should be at the very forefront of the queue when the time is right.