Madrid joins the millionaire race to sign Florian Wirtz

In Leverkusen, Florian Wirtz sets the pace. Born in Pulheim 18 years ago and trained in Cologne, in January 2020 Bayer made him the natural heir to Kai Havertz (he would go to Chelsea in the summer). He broke his record as the youngest player to debut with the aspirin set. Shortly after, he would do the same in scoring terms, although from the entire Bundesliga. Milestone that Moukoko took from him last year. His brilliant growth has made him debut with the Mannschaft (he already has three caps) and, how could it be otherwise, in the meat of a millionaire transfer …

Bayern has followed him since he emerged in Cologne, but will have to compete with the desire of the player, who is focused on shining with Leverkusen, in the words of his father and agent. And, above all, against the rest of the teams that accompany them at the starting blocks in a career whose gold is to sign Florian. According to Bild, Manchester City, United, Chelsea and Real Madrid. “He wants to play a good role at Leverkusen for the next two years. What happens after that we don't know yet.”, were the exact words of his father. There is time to mature the strategy, but a million-dollar battle is presumed.

And it is that, the starting price that they will mark from the Ruhr basin is 100 million euros. High, yes, but taking into account the potential of our protagonist, that his market value (for Transfermarkt) is already 45 million euros, that he has a contract until 2026 and that his signing will be a true auction among some of the greatest fortunes of the soccer planet, to think that getting him out of Westphalia will be cheap is, to say the least, chimerical.

Unstoppable growth

If last year was that of precociousness records, that of showing that the star suit that Havertz left in the dressing room was not too big for him, this is being the confirmation, that of the passage from promise to reality. Although a reality with a very high ceiling. The eight goals and eight assists from the talented midfielder aims to fall short at the end of the current season. At this stage, in eight games, he already has six goals and four assists. In other words, he has participated in ten of his team's targets.

In fact, has had a direct impact on the result, either through scoring or passing, in all the matches he has played. At Bayer they know that Leverkusen is too small for them, but they must stretch the gum as much as possible so that the club's coffers receive an economic boost even greater than the 80 million that Chelsea injected for Havertz. As for Madrid, Florian responds to the policy of signing the best talents on the planet. The starting gun will be in 2023 or 2024. A priori, the soap operas Mbappé and Haaland should already be solved. Will Wirtz be the one who will star in the following summers? We will see who ends up crossing the finish line in first position.