Real Madrid are confident they can sign Bayer Leverkusen and Germany attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz this summer.
Spanish outlet Sport reports that Wirtz is one of Real Madrid’s targets for the summer transfer window, with Los Blancos confident of winning the race to sign him with Barcelona, who are also interest.
Real Madrid are reportedly hoping to use their good relationship with Bayer Leverkusen to agree a deal for Wirtz, while also hoping the 21-year-old will be keen to become a superstar at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Wirtz is one of three players in Real Madrid’s summer plans, ยูฟ่าเบท along with Lille youngster Leni Yoro and Bayern Munich’s Canadian left-back Alphonso Davies.
For Wirtz, 21, he starr for Germany at Euro 2024, where they were eliminate in the quarter-finals. The German was previously value at €150 million, but Real Madrid are hoping to agree a lower price.
reported a month ago that Madrid has an agreement in place with Wirtz to become its marquee signing in 2025, and following on from that, SPORT explains how Los Blancos are “confident of taking” the 21-year-old.
The outlet explains that Madrid has “a very good relationship with Bayer Leverkusen”, and believes it will convince the player “to join the whites” and become President Florentino Perez’s Galactico next year after Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappe took that billing in 2023 and 2024 respectively.