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LATEST LIVERPOOL TRANSFER NEWS AS BRAZILIAN GREAT NEYMAR JR. GIVES A SURPRISING ANSWER TO A QUESTION ABOUT FLORIAN WIRTZ 18:50, 29 May 2025 Brazil, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain great
Neymar Jr. has freshly admitted that he has never heard of Florian Wirtz. Liverpool are in negotiations to sign the German 22-year-old, with talk of a final agreement reaching an
eye-watering €150m (£126m). As the _ECHO_ understands, last Friday Liverpool began to make their move for Wirtz. They had been primed and ready to go at a time it was reported either Bayer
Leverkusen would retain his services or rivals Bayern Munich would steal the midfielder, then emerged that a choice had been made in the Reds' favour. With no release clause it is going
to be on Anfield chiefs to organise the terms of a deal from scratch, as a touted value of £126m means Liverpool would be committing a fee vastly higher than their current club-record spend
on one player, £75m for Virgil van Dijk in January 2018. READ MORE: Darwin Nunez sends four-word Liverpool message as transfer uncertainty continuesREAD MORE: Liverpool handed major Hugo
Ekitike transfer boost as Chelsea make £30m decision For that amount one would imagine the player involved has sent shockwaves reverberating across world football, but apparently not in
Neymar's direction. Now 33 years of age, the Brazilian returned to boyhood club Santos earlier this year and yesterday took part in a post-season friendly for Bundesliga outfit RB
Leipzig in Sao Paulo. Afterwards, media including Sky Sports Germany caught Neymar for an interview and asked him: "What do you think about Florian Wirtz? Do you know Florian Wirtz from
Germany?" "No," he responded about the Liverpool transfer target with a plain expression to match. He had heard of Bayern's Jamal Musiala though, and paid his
compliments. Such a reaction is bound to please fans of the German champions after they suffered Wirtz's rejection. But none of this changes that fact Liverpool are working towards the
signing of Wirtz, a player who already has over 200 club career appearances to his name with such youth to boast of. He has recorded 71 goals and assists apiece in that time. The midfielder
is also already a standout player for his country. In this transfer process, frankly it only matters what Anfield chiefs recognise and they believe this is a talent worth paying for. If
anything, it vindicates the decision of a player wishing to move abroad to become a globally-recognised star. Article continues below And it may also display Neymar's fall from once
dizzying heights. Little over a decade ago it was the generational attacking talent moving from Santos to Barca for £71.5m. Four years later the £200m PSG paid made him the most expensive
player of all time - a record that still stands - and he certainly has a trophy-laden club career to match. But he was never truly able to be the star as injuries curtailed that career.
Brazil still wait upon success at a major tournament and since 2023, their prized player has been forced to leave European glory behind for Saudi Arabia and now his homeland.