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KIRKBY, ENGLAND – JUNE 20: (THE SUN OUT, THE SUN ON SUNDAY OUT) Florian Wirtz is unveiled as a … More Liverpool player after his signing at AXA Training Centre on June 20, 2025 in Kirkby, England. (Photo by Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images) Liverpool FC via Getty Images Regarding Florian Wirtz’s signing for Liverpool, the UK media, rather bizarrely, discovered the fine print. The total transfer fee, including performance-related add-ons, breaks the British record. Journalists take the highest number and run with it because it makes a better story. But with Wirtz, there was suddenly an effort not to do that; the media got nervous about calling it a record. That would be fine if there were consistency, but there isn’t. Just over two years ago, Moisés Caciedo signed for Chelsea under a similar arrangement. His fee only broke the record when performance-related add-ons were included. But that’s not how it was reported. The UK’s most prominent soccer broadcaster, Sky Sports, told the world: “Chelsea have signed Brighton midfielder Moisés Caicedo for a British-record fee.” The Guardian, meanwhile, shouted, “Chelsea complete Moisés Caicedo signing in British record deal.” Although both titles chose to include the full fee in the headlines for their stories about Wirtz, strangely, neither of them called it a record. Sky Sports tentatively suggested in its standfirst that “the move could eclipse the previous British-record fee.” At the same time, The Guardian’s first bullet point emphasized that the “midfielder costs an initial £100m [$137 million].” If the coverage were skewed only on the news pages, that would be one thing, but there has also been a sparse focus on the size of the deal in the features and analysis. Including his weekly $270,000 salary, the overall package for Wirtz is in the $200 million range.…

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