Wirtz, recently named the 2024/25 Bundesliga Players Union Player of the Season, can play a multitude of positions across the front line.

He'd presumably join the Reds with assurances of receiving playing time from the jump — he started 26 games in the Bundesliga this season.

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Former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy hailed the signing in a recent hit on Talk Sport, but predicted one forward that Slot and company will sell to open up playing time: Darwin Nunez.

"He likes playing as a No.10, which means [Dominik] Szoboszlai would have to drop a bit deeper, or Wirtz can play as a false nine and then you've got the same three in midfield [of Alexis] Mac Allister, Szoboszlai and [Ryan] Gravenberch," he said.

Wirtz, the 2023/24 Bundesliga Player of the Year, drew praise from Murphy.

"I've seen bits of Wirtz, but when I heard this is a possibility, I found everything I could on him, just because I was intrigued," the Liverpool legend continued.

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