Before the war... AS: Real Madrid was close to finalizing Wirtz 5 years ago! But due to the epidemic, nothing happened

At 4 o'clock in the morning on the 5th, in a focus match of the fourth round of the Champions League, Liverpool faced Real Madrid at home. Before the game, "AS" wrote an article saying: Wirtz, who has not yet fully proven himself in Liverpool, was close to joining Real Madrid five years ago.

Aspen wrote:

Today, facing Real Madrid, Wirtz will seek to achieve an achievement that has not yet been achieved since wearing the Red Army jersey: scoring a goal in an official game, and more importantly, getting the cheers of the home fans. So far, he has played 14 times, with 0 goals and 3 assists (Asian Community Shield data is also included), and his main position has been questioned. But if he talks about which team can inspire his fighting spirit the most, it must be Real Madrid, who almost became his club in the past. Pharmaceutical CEO Carlo previously admitted that if Real Madrid intervened in Wirtz's transfer this summer, the story would be completely different.

Real Madrid has been interested in Wirtz for a long time. He showed amazing talent when he first came out of the pharmaceutical youth training camp. Real Madrid and its efficient scouting department have already included him in the scope of investigation. Scouting reports called him a "pure talent." The next step was to approach the player's agent, who was ecstatic about the player joining Real Madrid. The test passed, and it was the winter of 2020.

Everything was going smoothly, but the epidemic sweeping the world caused a closed-door meeting between the top leaders of Real Madrid and Leverkusen to come to an abrupt end. This meeting was supposed to be used to finalize Wirtz's transfer to Real Madrid.

The reflection period brought about by the epidemic and its cooling of Real Madrid's signings have hindered Wirtz's rise, and now his road to success in Liverpool is more difficult than expected. Later, he suffered a serious injury and was sidelined for several months. This matter (he was close to joining Real Madrid) was gradually forgotten.

Another player who was once paid attention to by Real Madrid and now also wears the Red Army jersey has achieved a successful leap. He is Hrafenbecher. He was playing for Ajax at the time, moved to Bayern in 2022, and then joined Liverpool.

The situation in Grafenberg is different. The reason why Real Madrid failed to sign him in the summer of 21 was that some details made Real Madrid think that it would be difficult for him to adapt to Real Madrid's football style. In fact, he did not adapt to Bayern, but he thrived in Liverpool under Slott.