The summer market opened for the first time on June 1, which was two weeks earlier than in 2024, when it began on June 14.
The window closed on June 10 for six days, but it reopened on Monday, June 16, and will now run for the rest of the summer.
Around £2billion was spent on new signings by top-flight clubs last summer, a decrease from the near-£2.4billion in 2023.Wirtz underwent his medical on Friday, with the Reds now announcing his arrival at Anfield to take their summer spree already to £146m.
The deal eclipses the previous British transfer record of £115m that Chelsea paid Brighton for Moises Caicedo in August 2023.
Naturally, it also shatters the club record £85m Liverpool paid Benfica for Darwin Nunez in 2022.Expressing his delight at sealing his move to Liverpool, Wirtz, who has penned a five-year deal, told the club’s website: “I feel very happy and very proud.
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