Liverpool remain laser focused on securing key transfer target Florian Wirtz. Germany international Wirtz has reportedly indicated his desire to leave Bayer Leverkusen this summer following Xabi Alonso's return to Real Madrid.

Liverpool are preparing to break the bank to sign the playmaker, and in Germany's defeat to Portugal he scored and proved he's no soft touch

Germany's Rhineland clubs - namely Leverkusen, Koln and Borussia Monchengladbach - were all reported to have a gentleman's agreement not to 'steal' one another's youth talent, dating back to 2001, when Koln tracked and signed Leverkusen's then-12-year-old starlet Marco Quotschalla with the lure of an eight-year contract.