Jürgen Klopp has congratulated his former club Liverpool on the high-profile signing of Germany star Florian Wirtz. "This is going to be absolutely fantastic, I’m sure of it," the German said in an interview with RTL/ntv on Saturday.

Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool have signed an ‘exceptional talent’ in club record signing Florian Writz. Wirtz, 22, was officially unveiled as a Liverpool player on Friday night having completed his £116million move from Bayer Leverkusen.

Florian Wirtz has revealed that Liverpool “really convinced” him to make a British record move from Bayer Leverkusen, admitting it initially wasn’t an easy decision to leave his native Germany.