Manchester City Abandon Pursuit Of Florian Wirtz
Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 3:36 pm
Manchester City have abandoned their pursuit of Florian Wirtz after meeting with his represenatives and with Bayer Leverkusen last week. City believes Wirtz will inevitably join Bayern Munich and will begin pursuing other options.
Wirtz had been considered a candidate to replace Kevin De Bruyne in City\'s midfield. City have other options to strengthen their midfield including Nottingham Forest\'s Morgan Gibbs-White.
Wirtz has 16 goals and 15 assists in 41 games across all competitions this season for Leverkusen.
Via Rob Dawson/ESPN