He would later post a picture of him holding a Liverpool shirt after joining the club and an old image of him wearing a 2006-08 Reds home shirt as boy along with the caption, 'Keep dreaming'.

Many contacts will take place one thing. “Wirtz wants to go to Liverpool and let me clarify one thing: Wirtz has never asked for a shirt number or to take the shirt number for another player.

Certainly, few would be surprised if Nunez's run-out from the bench on the final day of the season against Crystal Palace is the last time he appears in a Liverpool shirt.

MUNICH (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Florian Wirtz seemingly denied a report that he requested the No. 10 shirt at Liverpool as part of talks over a potentially record-breaking transfer.