Theo Walcott says 'magnificent' Liverpool player should be playing in Florian Wirtz's position now
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Arne Slot might have a selection headache each week, but he will love having plenty of options to choose from.
The Reds have had a perfect start to the new season after winning all seven of their games so far, doing so without even clicking just yet.
Some stars have hit the ground running, most notably Hugo Ekitike, but most of the others are still trying to find their feet in the Premier League.
One player who is doing just that is Florian Wirtz, with the German still yet to register a goal or an assist for Liverpool since joining for £116m.
He has not been as bad as many rival fans have made out, though, but Theo Walcott still believes that he should be dropped for a new Slot experiment.
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Liverpool have brought so many top quality players to the club that it must be a struggle for Slot to fit them all in, with the biggest dilemma coming up-front.
Both Ekitike and Alexander Isak are battling it out for one position, and both deserve it in their own rights, making it a tough choice for their manager to make.
However, Walcott thinks he has the answer, although this does involve Wirtz dropping to the bench so that Ekitike can play just behind Liverpool’s new number nine.
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“Wirtz is on the bench for me when I look at this team.
For me, that’s the problem player,” Walcott said on The Overlap US.
“He wants time on the ball and I get it, but the physical side of things is starting to show.
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“Ekitike for me, is that presence of Henry, he’s got something about him.
I love his hair, the way he speaks, he’s got a presence about him and I think it would be fascinating to see him behind Isak and drop Wirtz back, or perhaps not even starting him.
“It’s a nice problem to have, but I think you have to get Isak and Ekitike in the same team if you can as I think they will be exceptional.”
Although this is not a terrible shout from Walcott, there is no way Slot would drop Wirtz after just seven games, and rightly so too.
Ekitike may be good as more of a facilitator but he is also a lethal goalscorer, meaning that if he is to play at the same time as Isak, then it will surely come as a striking partnership.
Either way, this cannot be tested this weekend as the Frenchman will be suspended for the Reds after being sent off in their Carabao Cup game against Southampton.
A second yellow for taking his shirt off will really go down as one of the silliest red cards in quite some time, although fans will not be able to see the funny side of it if they fail to beat Crystal Palace on Saturday.