‘Florian Wirtz to Man City is happening’ after parents reveal – fans wowed
Manchester City have struck fear into the hearts of Premier League and European clubs’ fans as they edge closer to signing Florian Wirtz.
Wirtz has emerged as a top target for Man City this summer as they prepare for farewell Kevin De Bruyne after 10 years at the Etihad Stadium, with the Bayer Leverkusen playmaker seen as a natural successor.
Pep Guardiola‘s rebuild of his trophy-laden City squad got underway in January with the acquisitons of Nico Gonzalez, Omar Marmoush and others in the January window, and further changes are on the way.
Both Wirtz and Nottingham Forest number 10 Morgan Gibbs-White are high on Guardiola’s shortlist of possible De Bruyne replacements, but it’s the former who City already seem to be in active pursuit of.
Man City meet Wirtz’s parents as transfer edges closer
Wirtz has also attracted interest from Bayern Munich and Real Madrid ahead of the summer, but Stefan Borson told Football Insider that his former employers City are “well placed” to complete a deal for him.
The 22-year-old is likely to cost City in the region of £125million, but both parties are clearly keen for the move to happen after Wirtz’s parents flew into Manchester on Tuesday for discussions with City officials.
| Player | Appearances | Starts | Goals | Assists | Yellow/Red Cards |
| Florian Wirtz | 44 | 35 | 16 | 15 | 7 |
The Telegraph reported on 13 May that Hans and Karin Wirtz, who represent the player, made a “whistle-stop trip” to Manchester via Blackpool, but made no comment upon their return to Maastricht Airport.
Wirtz’s parents are unlikely to have met Guardiola due to the City boss being away from Manchester at present, but the pair were ” travelling on transfer business” amid a split over where their son’s next move should take him.
‘Impossible to compete’ – fans react to Man City developments
The Premier League would certainly be a better place with a player of Wirtz’s talents as part of it, and Forest fans would certainly be relieved if City signed the German instead of Gibbs-White this summer.
However, many of the Citizens’ closer rivals didn’t look forward to the prospect of Wirtz as part of Pep Guardiola’s side, particularly Man United, Arsenal and Liverpool fans ahead of next season’s clashes.
With Tijjani Reijnders also linked with a move to the Etihad, a United fan argued that “you simply can’t compete” with City, while a Liverpool supporter begged Arne Slot to show that the Reds are a “serious club” by responding with a statement transfer of their own.
Talks with Rodrygo since last summer.
— Mehul Gupta 🏆🏆🏆🏆 (@mehulg10) May 14, 2025
Wirtz’s parents visiting Manchester.
Reijnders and Gibbs-White as top targets.
Ladies and gentlemen, Oilchester City is back.
You simply can’t compete with Manchester City.
— (fan) Frank 🧠🇵🇹 (@AmorimEra_) May 13, 2025
£200M spent in January.
Having a relatively poor season. What do they do?
Sign Wirtz and Reijnders in the summer. Absolutely nuts.
Let’s be real. Wirtz and his parents at not going to fly all the way to Manchester just to say hi to the groundsmen and take a quick stroll in the Picadilly Gardens. This is way more serious and advanced that we thought. And as @B04Jonah says, if they didn’t event meet
— Edgar (@supernovastar) May 13, 2025
Wirtz and his Dad were spotted in the big Asda buying a toaster and a kettle for his new gaff in Manchester. Heard it here first.
— Goater’s Motors (@goatersmotors) May 13, 2025
Next Manchester derby I pull up with ugarte magz de ligt, unc, yoro and those guys pull up with haaland, marmoush, foden, savinho, doku, Bobb, wirtz and reinjders……just let me die in peace
— Shogun (@Fikun_) May 14, 2025
Manchester City are going for Reijnders and Floriam Wirtz, they added a midfielder in January too. Martin Zubimendi can’t be the only midfielder we signpic.twitter.com/3TJdyl6mvq
— Triple M (@Tripple____M) May 14, 2025
If Manchester city is signing wirtz and Reijnders Looks like huijsen is off to madrid Liverpool need to bring one statement signing Isak or Alvarez or else we are not a serious club
— Senbonz (@kojukrishna66) May 14, 2025
City and Liverpool scouts coming back with wirtz reijnders and Frimpong mean whilst Manchester United’s are trying to get an upcoming relegated city reject in Liam Delep. Face it we are no longer going to compete at the top level
— Peter (@ptf9919) May 13, 2025