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Wirtz can play a number of positions across the front line (Getty)

However, with Liverpool having been the strongest team in the league last season by a distance, and with a settled squad that has adapted well to the tactics of new manager Arne Slot, there are questions as to where exactly Wirtz will fit into the Dutchman’s side.

While Wirtz has played more on the left in the majority of his games at club level, Liverpool’s setup is very different to that which Xabi Alonso used at Leverkusen, and the most obvious gap in Liverpool’s team is in attacking midfield.

Though Cody Gakpo performed well at various points last season, it could be that Wirtz finds himself deployed further wide on the left at times next season, especially since Mohamed Salah has made the right-wing position his own since arriving at Anfield.



Wirtz could find himself deployed on the left at times during his Anfield career (The Independent)

Wirtz’s tactical flexibility is one of his most coveted attributes, and while the majority of his appearances for Leverkusen have come from a left attacking midfield role, it is unlikely that Slot will stray far from the 4-3-2-1 that brought so much success last season.

And it is in the latter that Wirtz could see himself deployed at times for Liverpool, with Slot having used Luis Diaz in the role last season, including in the 4-0 win over Leverkusen at Anfield.



Wirtz could be used as a false nine on certain occasions depending on whether or not Liverpool sign a recognised striker (The Independent)Wirtz has been used as both a false nine and second striker by Alonso during his time at Leverkusen (Getty Images)

With Darwin Nunez reportedly set for a move away from Anfield, Liverpool are supposedly in the market for a striker signings, though Wirtz could be used as a false nine at times if that signing fails to materialise.