The Spanish publication Mundo Deportivo claims that Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur are also interested in the player, who will turn 20 next year.
Florian Wirtz has exhibited an electrifying level of play thus far in the season. His boss has often compared him to Lionel Messi, and it is clear that he is living up to that comparison.
This season in the Bundesliga and the Champions League, Wirtz has contributed to five goals and eight assists for his team. And over the weekend, he produced a magnificent goal that helped kept Bayer Leverkusen atop the Bundesliga standings.
The author Dean Jones of Ranks FC claims that Newcastle is one of the teams that is most interested in bringing Wirtz to the Premier League. However, it has been reported by Mundo Deportivo that Arsenal is currently in the running for the position.
Nevertheless, Leverkusen will not permit him to depart at a reduced price. In point of fact, they are looking for as much as €100 million and won’t settle for anything less than £70 million.
The Gunners may be dissuaded from making a trade as a result of the revelation.
There is a possibility that Arsenal supporters will have a range of opinions on the pursuit of Wirtz. He is undeniably a “special” talent who has a lot of potential still to be realized.
On the other hand, he is not a striker by nature. And it appears that this is the objective that Mikel Arteta is shooting for as they strive to make the final leap and compete for the Premier League crown.
It would be a no-brainer for a club like Arsenal, who is well-known for developing young talent, to acquire Wirtz if he was available for a price that was lower.
However, in recent years they have added players such as Kai Havertz and Fabio Vieira through the expenditure of money and obtained them through other means.
