Liverpool 'could have sold star for £240m' as Arne Slot defends Florian Wirtz

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He's not going to hide, he wants the third one, he wants the fourth one.

"In general, it's not just about Florian, we have to play three games in seven days.

And if you've watched what we did on Sunday and what we did on Wednesday, we are trying to manage to get them all fit through these three games because it's not a present that we got to play in the beginning of the season three games in seven days."

Slot believes that Trent Alexander-Arnold, the previous creator-in-chief at Anfield before Wirtz's arrival, could have been sold by Liverpool for £240million.

We face a player tomorrow that's been bought by Manchester City for £100m (Jack Grealish), and that's now at Everton.

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 17: (THE SUN OUT, THE SUN ON SUNDAY OUT) Arne Slot, Manager of Liverpool, looks on prior to the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD1 match between Liverpool FC and Atletico de Madrid at Anfield on September 17, 2025 in Liverpool, England.

But he's adjusting, in my opinion, very well.

"He always wants to have the ball, even if he has a few moments where we feel like he could do better.

And he gets better and better, and fitter and fitter.

"That's maybe the thing that matters most, because we don't have to teach him how to play football.

"He just has to adapt to the intensity levels of the Premier League through these three games because it's not a present that we got to play in the beginning of the season three games in seven days."