European football shaken by a series of blockbuster transfers on the night of June 10

Late night of June 10 and early morning of June 11 (Vietnam time) witnessed a series of blockbuster transfer deals in European football, when giants Liverpool, Man City, Barca... all spent a lot of money.

Florian Wirtz joins Liverpool for record fee - Photo: REUTERS

The most expensive player in Liverpool history

The most notable is the "blockbuster" deal of Florian Wirtz of Liverpool. After many days of negotiation, Liverpool finally agreed to spend 150 million euros to own the signature of the German midfielder.

At 22 years old, Wirtz is considered one of the best superstars in German football today. He has played extremely well for Leverkusen and the German national team in the past 2 years.

Liverpool and Wirtz reached a personal agreement more than a week ago. But Leverkusen was extremely stubborn, determined to sell Wirtz for only 150 million euros.

After at least 4 bids, Liverpool finally accepted Leverkusen's price request.

Specifically, Football365 said Liverpool could pay 135 million euros up front, and 15 million euros in additional fees if Wirtz meets his performance. The figure of 150 million euros is the highest amount Liverpool will have to pay.

Thus, Wirtz will certainly become the most expensive player in Liverpool's history, surpassing the contract named Van Dijk, worth 85 million euros in 2018.

He could also rise to third in the list of most expensive contracts in history, just behind Neymar (222 million euros) and Mbappe (180 million euros).

Man City says goodbye to De Bruyne, welcomes Cherki

After much speculation, midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has finally chosen to play for Serie A club Napoli.

De Bruyne has confirmed that he will leave Man City after his contract expires in June. Recently, many big teams have lined up to compete for his signature, including giants from Saudi Arabia.

But in the end, European media reported that De Bruyne chose to play for Napoli. He will undergo a medical examination today.

Cherki officially signed a contract with Man City - Photo: REUTERS

Just before De Bruyne decided his future, Man City completed the search for his replacement. That is Lyon midfielder Rayan Cherki, a player with a contract release clause of only 35 million euros.

Almost at the same time as Liverpool bought Wirtz, Barca also officially owned goalkeeper Joan Garcia from Espanyol.

Garcia, 24, is a player who grew up in the training academy of Espanyol - Barca's city rivals. He has a contract release clause of only 25 million euros.

With the arrival of Garcia, Barca will likely part ways with goalkeeper Ter Stegen in the near future.

This year's European football summer transfer market is divided into two phases, instead of just one phase starting from July 1st as usual. The first phase of this year's summer transfer period starts from June 1st to June 10th, and the second phase starts after June 15th.

The reason UEFA created an additional transfer period is so that big teams can add to their squad before the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.

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