“Please don’t do it” – Andrich begged Wirtz to swerve Bayern transfer

Wirtz’s former teammate at Leverkusen revealed he pleaded with the star not to join the German record champions.

As revealed on the Spielmacher podcast, Bayer Leverkusen’s Robert Andrich says he told Florian Wirtz – “Please don’t go to Bayern”.

“I honestly thought he’d go there [to Bayern]. I told him at some point: Please don’t do it. Don’t do this to us,” the 31-year-old said. 

“You can say that for German football, we need German talents to stay here – but in the end there’s only Bayern Munich at the very top when we talk about quality like Flo’s.

“I wanted him to go abroad. I told the Bayern guys that, too. I was happy for him that he took the step [to leave Germany].

“I wouldn’t have thought he’d dare to go abroad so soon,” Andrich explained, as his former Leverkusen teammate left for Liverpool in June 2025.

Since making his €125million move to the red half of Merseyside, the 22-year-old has provided 2 goals and 3 assists in 25 games to date.