Ex-Liverpool chief outlines key FSG detail on Florian Wirtz transfer as Reds' bids rejected

Former Liverpool CEO Peter Moore has suggested the Reds will be looking to offload players to raise money before upping their bid for Florian Wirtz. Bayer Leverkusen have , the second of which could have seen pay north of £100million including add-ons.

Wirtz has emerged as a major target as looks to add further quality to his winning squad. The Reds look to have fought off the challenge of to install themselves as frontrunners, but they're still some way from Leverkusen's valuation of their star man.

Moore, who was CEO between 2017 and 2020, worked with FSG when the owners sold Philippe Coutinho for a nine-figure sum in the same window the club completed a club record deal for Virgil van Dijk. "I think three or four key signings will be critical," he told talkSPORT.

"There are going to be some hard decisions on players who are going to have to leave, and if Wirtz is real - I know my owners pretty well - then somebody is going to have to go to a) get the money [back] and b) make room in the payroll salary for that."

The Reds have already after allowing to join a few weeks early, but there could be more work to do.

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Slot's team have already added around £60m of new talent, with Giorgi Mamardashvili and Jeremie Frimpong joining this summer. When it comes to raising funds, though, there are a few contenders to be offloaded.

Chief among that number is , whose time looks to be up following Mamardashvili's arrival. The Irish international is a target for Brentford, and .

Darwin Nunez is another who could fetch a significant fee, with interest from clubs in Saudi Arabia, while and Al Nassr have their eye on Luis Diaz. If Liverpool do cash in on star Diaz, they can expect to turn a profit on a player who cost them north of £40m when he joined from Porto in 2022.

Over the weekend, Diaz's partner Gera Ponce prompted speculation over the forward's future with . "To the incredible Liverpool fans. From the first day we arrived, we felt first hand what it means to be a part of this club.

"We knew the slogan was 'You’ll Never Walk Alone', but to hear them sing it with so much passion, support us every moment and show such unconditional love... confirmed to us that here you never walk alone," she wrote.

"This fan doesn't just support, it feels. And what you have made my boyfriend and our entire family feel is something we carry in our souls.

"Thank you for so much love, for so much dedication and for making us feel at home. Being a part of this fan is a privilege. There's no doubt: they're the best in the . This is a real bond, deep and strong, that reaffirms that we'll never walk alone."

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