European giants now believe they have a great chance of signing "world-class" Liverpool star

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He’s played 55–60 games for Liverpool. He shouldn’t be in the Liverpool team right now.” Thankfully, however, Wirtz produced an impressive performance in Wednesday’s 6-3 win away to LASK in the Champions League, providing two assists and being praised by Andoni Iraola: “I think he was amazing in possession.

But he showed against LASK what a superb technical player he is, with Steven Gerrard calling him “world-class” earlier this year, and then saying this week: “I’m not denying that he’s underperforming and that we should have seen an awful lot more in terms of the price tag and what have you, but I just think that there’s a chance, and it’s happened previously, where players can turn it round. I think he’s got the talent to turn it round.

He’s giving the ball away, simple balls that he wouldn’t give away. I think at times he’s maybe not shown [for the ball] when normally he’s full of confidence.” This feels like a huge few months for Wirtz, who must go up a gear and perform as well in the Premier League as he does in Europe, but Liverpool shouldn’t be looking to sell him for now.