Liverpool has agreed to pay a transfer fee of 116 million pounds ($157 million) for attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen.

Wirtz and Juliane — today a professional footballer for Werder Bremen in the Frauen-Bundesliga — were just 18 months apart in age and would play against each other in cages around the campsite or join games with other children.

Florian Wirtz is one of the jewels in German football’s crown. Ever since he burst onto the scene with a goal against Bayern Munich, it was destined that he would not only become one of Germany’s