Arne Slot dismisses Arsene Wenger claim over Florian Wirtz ‘destroying’ Liverpool

Below is a summary of the full article. Click here for the full version from This is Anfield or go back to LFC Live.

“When Wirtz had the choice between going to Bayern Munich or Liverpool, he said to Liverpool, ‘I come to you if I play No. 10], but they destroy their midfield.” But in his extended press conference ahead of the trip to Man City on Sunday, Slot told reporters including the Mail‘s Dominic King that “if I need open-heart surgery, I am not going to tell the surgeon what to do.” “Everyone has a right to his own opinion and many of them have,” he began.

“If I need open-heart surgery, I am not going to tell the surgeon what he needs to do but about football everyone is telling you what the best thing is to do. “But that that is also the nice thing about football because everyone knows it so we can talk about it.” Given Liverpool’s struggles for fluency with Wirtz in his favoured role and the dominance they enjoyed when he was shifted to the left against Real, it is hard to argue with Wenger’s stance.

But I can tell you if it is not this season it is the other season or if it is not now it is tomorrow, he will have great performances as a midfielder for Liverpool as well. “There has been a lot of focus on him individually and I’m more focused on team performance.” With another high-profile clash to come on Sunday the likelihood is that Slot sticks with a more reliable 4-3-3 structure with Dominik Szoboszlai as his most advanced midfielder and either Wirtz or Cody Gakpo on the left.