'Awful': Dion Dublin and Gary Neville left unimpressed after watching what one Liverpool player did vs Arsenal
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Florian Wirtz has had a hard time of it ever since he was brought to Liverpool.
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To be honest, there hasn’t been one game this season where he’s looked like the best player on the pitch, which, for a potential fee worth £116million, is far from ideal.
As mentioned, Wirtz has been well below par, and thus far, he hasn’t shown any glimpses of the player he was for Bayer Leverkusen last season.
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“Awful, awful, he’s about five yards from his manager’s dugout and he just wants to leave it into an area on the diagonal,” he said.
“Van Dijk went up, Konate went up, I wouldn’t be happy if I was a centre-half and that happened to me.”
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Sunday’s Premier League game against Arsenal isn’t the first game that Wirtz has been slammed for his poor performance.
Sunday’s game at Anfield has been no different, with Gary Neville also chipping in with his thoughts on Wirtz’s performance.
He is the wrong side of the midfield players at the moment,” he said live on Sky Sports.
“He needs to get closer to Ekitike, take Rice and Zubimendi out of the game, and make the defenders think.”
Only time will tell whether Liverpool’s club-record signing will get to his best, but if he doesn’t, it could end up being a massive mistake on Slot’s behalf.