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The Guardian - UK
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Dominic Booth and David Tindall

Liverpool bid £109m for Wirtz and sign Frimpong, plus Champions League final buildup – as it happened

Jeremie Frimpong has been unveiled as a Liverpool player.
Jeremie Frimpong has been unveiled as a Liverpool player. Photograph: Nikki Dyer/LFC/Getty Images

That’s all for today’s Friday news blog. It started off in fairly quiet fashion but a glut of transfer stories kept us sated, as always, plus the expected pre-Champions League final bits and pieces.

All roads now lead to Munich – scroll down to read all the preview material you could possibly desire. Enjoy the game tomorrow night and the rest of your weekends. Danke schön!

Updated

Before we wrap up this blog, there’s time for an email from Peter Oh:

I’d like to know what magic formula was used to determine that Jeremie Frimpong is worth 29.5 million quid, and Florian Wirtz 109 million. I’m sure it’s transparent, sensible, and sustainable.

These transactions between Liverpool and Leverkusen clearly show that it’s a Bayer’s market.

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