{"id":639560,"date":"2024-05-12T05:42:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T09:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=639560"},"modified":"2024-05-12T05:42:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T09:42:17","slug":"florian-wirtz-arsenal-real-madrid-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/12\/florian-wirtz-arsenal-real-madrid-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid in Pole Position to Sign \u2018Outstanding\u2019 Arsenal Target"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florian Wirtz has reportedly emerged as a priority target for Real Madrid despite competition from Arsenal and Manchester City. The German midfielder has been enjoying an incredible run of form under Xabi Alonso this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arsenal Handed Massive Blow in Florian Wirtz Race<\/span><\/h2>\n

A Messi-esque Star<\/span><\/h3>\n

Wirtz missed a significant chunk of the 2022-23 campaign with injury, raising serious concerns over his development. However, his return to action under Xabi Alonso this season has re-established his reputation as one of Europe\u2019s most promising youngsters.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 21-year-old has played a crucial role in Leverkusen\u2019s treble push, registering 18 goals and 19 assists in 45 appearances across all competitions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking about the Arsenal-linked midfielder earlier this season, Alonso compared him to Lionel Messi, saying (via\u00a0<\/span>Goal<\/span><\/a>): \u201cWhy is Messi so good? Because he knows how and when to play simple passes. Messi says: \u2018You\u2019re in a better position? Here, there you have the ball!\u2019 It\u2019s not always about making the most brilliant move but the best and smartest. Florian can do that. That\u2019s why he\u2019s so good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Next Step<\/span><\/h3>\n

Similar to<\/span>\u00a0other young stars who have gained prominence in the Bundesliga in recent years, Wirtz is also heavily linked with a move abroad. Bayern Munich are eager to\u00a0<\/span>keep<\/span><\/a>\u00a0him in the German top flight, but they face serious competition from several other elite sides.<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to\u00a0<\/span>Bild,<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Arsenal and Manchester City are both targeting Wirtz. However, Leverkusen\u2019s \u201c<\/span>outstanding<\/span><\/a>\u201d youngster is closer to joining Real Madrid as Toni Kroos\u2019 successor. Spanish outlet\u00a0<\/span>Marca<\/span><\/a>\u00a0has also confirmed Real Madrid\u2019s interest, claiming Wirtz is the club\u2019s top target for the 2025 summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

The German international\u00a0<\/span>is expected<\/span>\u00a0to stay at Leverkusen for at least another season, with club CEO Fernando Carro recently\u00a0<\/span>revealing<\/span><\/a>\u00a0a whopping \u20ac150 million (\u00a3130m) price tag for his transfer.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Florian Wirtz has reportedly emerged as a priority target for Real Madrid despite competition from Arsenal and Manchester City. The German midfielder has been enjoying an incredible run of form under Xabi Alonso this season. Arsenal Handed Massive Blow in Florian Wirtz Race A Messi-esque Star Wirtz missed a significant chunk of the 2022-23 campaign […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5073,"featured_media":635345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,31833,4,6,30,3,1366,7188,28],"tags":[3190,6746,9355],"class_list":["post-639560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-bayer-leverkusen","category-bundesliga","category-la-liga","category-news","category-premier-league","category-real-madrid","category-rumours","category-transfers","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-florian-wirtz","tag-real-madrid-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}