German football insider Christian Falk has indicated that Bayern Munich won’t try to plunder Florian Wirtz from Liverpool in the January transfer window.
The 23-year-old has been the subject of recent rumours regarding a potential raid from the Bundesliga champions (TEAMtalk), with Vincent Kompany’s side having coveted him prior to his £100m transfer to the Reds in June 2025.
Falk had downplayed those reports of immediate interest from the Allianz Arena, and he’s now doubled down on that stance as speculation over the playmaker’s future refuses to subside.
Bayern unlikely to move for Wirtz in January
In a post for CF Bayern Insider on Wednesday morning, the reporter outlined: ‘It is NOT TRUE [that] Bayern Munich would go in for a player like Florian Wirtz in January. He’s too expensive! At Liverpool, he may not yet be performing like he was with Bayer Leverkusen, but I think he’s improving. It takes time with a new team.
‘I also haven’t heard anything from the Liverpool side indicating that they’d be prepared to sell him this winter. Of course, that doesn’t stop there being a lot of rumours around his situation regardless.
‘As far as Bayern Munich are concerned, as I’ve already mentioned, there’s nothing concrete. We have to look at the situation of Michael Olise – is he signing a new contract next summer? If not and he has to be sold, then Wirtz would be one of the first options Bayern Munich would look into. However, there are no talks, no deals, and I remain convinced that Florian Wirtz will have a good season for Liverpool.’
Want more Empire of the Kop coverage? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list for news you can trust
We doubt Wirtz will leave Liverpool any time soon
Liverpool’s number 7 has been in the headlines of late, with Jamie Carragher strongly critical of his performances in the opening months of the season, although it’d be a monumental surprise if the Anfield hierarchy were to put him up for sale any time soon.
After investing more than £100m in him just 15 months ago and given him a contract to 2030, it’d be incredibly rash of the club to jettison him at this stage, even if he hasn’t had the impact that many would’ve expected at the time of his arrival.
Bayern seem to recognise that, judging by Falk’s update, with a realisation at the Allianz Arena that they wouldn’t have the funds for a big-money move for the 23-year-old unless they were to cash in on a lucrative player such as Olise.
Some reports have addressed the possibility of a swap deal involving the Frenchman and Wirtz, but that isn’t something we envisage coming off any time soon.
For now, we simply hope that the Liverpool playmaker enjoys a stronger run of performances on the pitch and racks up a few goals and assists, which’d go a long way towards dimming the extent of the scrutiny being placed upon him right now by factions of the media.
The problem is not Florian Wirtz. The problem is when Gravenberch and Szoboszlai play, there are 3 players attempting to move into the same spaces only one should be moving into, and that player is Wirtz.
The problem has been created by the stupidity of the last 3 years of transfer windows where transfer officianados have ignored the need to sign a true number 6. This is wedded to a love of all players needing to be attackers – well there is a part of the game you cannot ignore (which they have) called defence. Then you end up with a highway straight through the heart of LFC’s defence that means they lose control of games.
If they do belatedly sign a true number 6, that could mean that they may then be top heavy in midfielders and someone will have to go. A bit like the crazy situation they now have with the number of right wingers on the books, which again is stupidity of their own making. The player that was needed to be bought after a number 6 in the last window was a left winger, not an overhyped and overpriced Barcola, who I think in time will prove to have been a mistake. YNWA!
Wirtz is a dreadful Premier League player. He’s far too lightweight and has nowhere near the quality needed to make it here. LFC should take what they can for him while he’s still young and has some market value.
City buy what they need and pay what they must and keep a well resourced bench. A big club mentality that builds proper squads for the demands of modern football. Liverpool buy what they can and pay what they must and keep a small bench. There is a big difference in squad building mentality at Liverpool all based on FSGs outdated idea of a self sustaining model. Klopp and Salah were a miracle that is unlikely to be repeated. Although I rate Iraola very highly he has not been given the tools to operate effectively so I fear that eventually he will be blamed for a completely unbalanced squad of misfits. There is so much deadwood at Liverpool because FSG hate paying transfer fees. They are in the wrong sport in the wrong country if that is their attitude.