Liverpool icon calls out Florian Wirtz again after Burnley performance - 'I'm afraid'

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Liverpool legend Steve Nicol has again questioned the impact of Florian Wirtz just four games into his Anfield career, following a $158 million (£116 million) move from Bayer Leverkusen this summer.

And today, just again, he couldn’t do it, and he hasn’t done it yet since he’s come to the club now.

"The fact that Liverpool wins again probably means that Arne Slot can keep pushing Florian Wirtz in the starting XI and keep giving him time, hoping that his true form is going to come out."

Nicol even suggested that Wirtz might need to come out of the team (something that will happen at some point — he can't play every minute of every game, and the fixture list is about to move into the phase where there are two matches per week).

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Kyle Walker of Burnley battles for possession with Florian Wirtz of Liverpool.

"You could try and play him on the left.

"I mean, there has to come a point where Arne Slot has to decide whether Florian has to sit (on the bench)...

Then you have to make a decision, and that can’t be that far away, quite honestly."

Things are not going too badly for Liverpool, the only team with a 100 per cent record in the Premier League so far this season.

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