ISTANBUL Liverpool on Friday confirmed the signing of German midfielder Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen on a long-term contract, with the deal potentially reaching a British record fee of £116 million ($156 million). This surpasses the club’s previous record transfer of £75 million paid for Virgil van Dijk in 2018. The 22-year-old attacking midfielder passed his medical and agreed on personal terms to become Liverpool’s latest summer signing under Arne Slot, then club’s new manager. Shortly