Atletico Madrid President Enrique Cerezo was confident earlier this week that star forward Julian Alvarez would be going nowhere, but if reports are to be believed, then his representatives are not

According to the report, Wirtz’s family were recently in England for discussions, which were wrongly linked to Manchester City. In reality, the meeting was with Liverpool, who have impressed the player’s camp and outlined a bold vision that would see the 22-year-old as the creative hub of a new project under Arne Slot.

Liverpool boss Arne Slot is hoping to wrap up his summer transfer business before the start of preseason training in July. The Reds squad will head off on their summer break after the season finale on May 25 with no FIFA Club World Cup duty for the Premier League champions.

This seemingly leaves Liverpool and Bayern Munich as the main contenders to sign Wirtz, but McCoist has warned the Reds against a move. The pundit claims Wirtz’s huge valuation and Liverpool’s need to sign a new striker to replace Darwin Nunez should be enough to put them off.