A Calculated Gamble or Generation-Defining Coup? Wirtz’s Arrival Symbolises More Than Just a Big Fee There is something poetic, almost cinematic, about the moment

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

Wirtz has dropped the biggest hint yet a blockbuster move to Anfield will soon be finalised, while the role Reds icon Alonso has played in the dynamic star's development has also been revealed