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What will Florian Wirtz bring to Liverpool?
National World - LocalTV
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6 days ago
Will Rooney profiles Liverpool's record signing Florian Wirtz.
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00:00
So, Will, Florian Wirtz signing for Liverpool, an incredible fee, a record that Liverpool have paid,
00:08
a record in the Premier League for a player to come over, an incredible few seasons on the bounce-up by Leverkusen.
00:15
He's a player that's been, you know, flirting around, being one of these next wonder kids, these young players.
00:21
Firstly, you know, your thoughts on the signing.
00:23
I mean, it's obviously been a while since Liverpool have splashed this amount of cash in terms of being linked with players.
00:32
They've finally broken that boundary and, you know, gone for three figures like the likes of Chelsea have in previous seasons as well.
00:40
So, what's your thoughts on Florian Wirtz? How excited are Liverpool fans with this new addition?
00:45
Yeah, I think it's a real statement signing, to be honest with you.
00:48
I think when Wirtz was first linked, people were sort of saying, well, that's not going to happen because
00:57
even though Liverpool are Premier League champions, everyone's accepted that additions and eases,
01:03
but attacking midfield wasn't really one of them this summer.
01:07
You know, you've got Dominic Sabost, who was favoured there, you've got Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott,
01:11
Jota can play there, but clearly Liverpool's seen this as a chance to sign an absolute top, top prospect.
01:23
And Liverpool have missed out on some of them, obviously, Jude Bellingham being one of them, you know,
01:28
missed out on Kai Seydal and Chouameni went to Real Madrid.
01:32
And Liverpool have managed to beat Bayern Munich and Manchester City to a player who is, you know,
01:41
many people realize is the best player in Germany.
01:44
And I think that's why maybe Liverpool have moved forward, because some players,
01:50
it doesn't matter if you don't need that player, sometimes you just can't pass up the opportunity
01:55
to sign a real top-class player, and that's what he is, £100 million at club records.
02:03
It feels like the last one that Liverpool signed of this ilk was maybe, you know,
02:08
an Alison Becker or maybe a Virgil van Dijk, and it shows that Liverpool are really diamond at the top table now.
02:15
Now they've made some fantastic signings, you know Salah, Sadio Mane, you know,
02:20
but at the time that they were signed, would every single club in the world have jumped to have signed them?
02:28
Or would there have been a couple of hesitations around them, but playing where it is, it's different.
02:33
And as you said, where will he play now for Liverpool?
02:36
Now, his favourite position is the number 10 role, talks about Dominic Suboslay,
02:41
because Suboslay, maybe some supporters were disappointed with his attack and output at times,
02:47
but he covered so much ground to allow Mo Salah to stay up the pitch high and do the damage from there
02:54
and look at the season that he has.
02:56
But if you're paying £100 million, then surely Dominic Suboslay, I know he's probably going to be coming in
03:02
as the number 10 he had, does Arna Slot potentially play two number 10s and, you know,
03:08
utilise a false striker.
03:10
He did that at Manchester City where Liverpool won in the middle of the season.
03:14
Florian Wirtz, he can play a false nine, he can play wide, so it's about where he'll fit in.
03:21
But the fact that Florian Wirtz chose Liverpool because Arna Slot had a clear plan for him,
03:27
then it's not going to be on the hop, it's not going to be, right, where can we?
03:31
A bit like Liverpool sign for Roberto for me.
03:33
A few years ago, he was brought in by Michael Edwards and Brendan Rodgers didn't really know where to play him,
03:40
but Liverpool have quite clearly got a plan for Florian Wirtz and I think it will be prominent
03:47
to see where he's going to play after the first few games in pre-season.
03:52
Yeah, do you feel just it's a bit of a match made in heaven with Arna Slot's hard-working side
03:56
because he's made, you know, he's up there with the top recovery stats across Europe as well.
04:01
So, you know, and the ground covered as well, I believe, in terms of attacking output players,
04:06
attacking positions, he's covered the most ground in Europe last season, you know,
04:11
in terms of miles per game, which is quite, you know, astonishing.
04:15
So, do you feel they might have looked at that and thought, yeah, with Arna Slot's side
04:19
and the way he wants to work, you know, his players to work hard, relentlessly,
04:23
you know, off the ball as well, that it's just going to be a match made in heaven?
04:26
Or do you feel there could also be a little bit of risk with this signing?
04:29
You know, we've seen players come over from the Bundesliga, the likes of, you know,
04:33
Kai Havertz was incredibly, you know, touted to be an incredible player
04:37
and he hasn't quite hit those heights in Germany that he did.
04:40
Do you feel that there could be a bit of an element of risk as well in there?
04:43
What's your thoughts on the signing?
04:47
Yeah, and another one that people know well is Naby Keita,
04:50
who he paid a lot of money for and it didn't work out from the Bundesliga.
04:54
But, as you say, Arna Slot wouldn't be signing this player if he didn't think,
04:59
not only is he going to have, you know, a fantastic attacking output,
05:03
I think 57 goals, 64 assists and nearly 200 games for Leicester Cousin,
05:09
but he will do his fair share off the ball.
05:14
And he's quite clearly got both sides to his game.
05:18
One's not compromised.
05:21
Clearly, him putting a shift in off the balls and affecting him going forward.
05:26
So, that'll be a key one that Arna Slot's look for when he's bringing him flowing away.
05:33
It's because, as you say, you can't get by with luxury players anymore in football.
05:37
I think those are the things that have passed.
05:39
I mean, maybe if he's a godstayer of Ryan Shearkey from Lyon,
05:44
maybe he might be a little bit more attacker,
05:47
maybe want to stay a little bit further forward.
05:49
And I think he can maybe forward that with one or two players.
05:52
Obviously, a striker may be another attacker, but you can't with everyone.
05:56
And if you're going to play a striker, say, Liverpool, do go and get one,
06:00
and you've got Mo Salah up there,
06:02
then you need your other players to work hard.
06:05
And I think that's what it'll do.
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