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Leverkusen boss glad Wirtz swerved Bayern: "They would then have been even stronger"

Die Werkself's boss was relieved that their German wonderkid chose the Premier League champions.
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    Fernando Carro has expressed his happiness regarding Florian Wirtz's decision to join Liverpool over Bayern Munich. 

    Speaking to Welt am Sonntag, the Bayer Leverkusen CEO disagreed with BVB boss Aki Watzke who held opposing feelings about the move. 

    "Honestly, yes. I have a different opinion than Hans-Joachim Watzke. I don't understand why, as the boss of Borussia Dortmund, he would have been happy if Wirtz had gone to Munich.

    "Bayern would then have been even stronger. I want an exciting Bundesliga. I'm happy if more clubs—besides us—make life difficult for Bayern; I believe the Bundesliga benefits from that. 

    "When Florian and his parents told us they chose Liverpool, we weren't sad under the circumstances. It's no secret that we preferred a transfer abroad," Carro explained. 

    Despite the best attempts of the Bavarians earlier this summer, the 22-year-old ultimately weighted up his options and moved to the Reds for a reported €137.5million. 

    Carro also spoke on Bayern's interest in Wirtz and how the Bundesliga champions' approached Die Werkself. 

    “Yes, in spring. Jan-Christian Dreesen contacted me. He told me that he and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge wanted to talk to us about Florian Wirtz.

    "I said: We have no interest in selling our best player to Munich. Then there were no more concrete talks. Bayern were convinced that Florian would choose them. I told them: We have other information,” he added.
     

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