Back in November, Wirtz was fresh from winning the Bundesliga and German Cup double, and still focused on Leverkusen and their adventure back in the Champions League. Most of the noise around his future centred on whether he would join rivals Bayern Munich, the club long touted as the playmaker’s most likely next destination.

Darwin Núñez’s Liverpool career is at a crossroads off the back of a poor season. The unreliable Uruguayan forward scored just seven times in 47 appearances, with Slot preferring to use Díaz as a false nine or Diogo Jota up top when available.

Florian Wirtz has revealed how Xabi Alonso reacted to his move to Liverpool. The Reds signed the German from Bayer Leverkusen in a club-record deal worth up to £116m. Bayern Munich had previously been favourites to sign the 22-year-old,