Florian Wirtz agreement reached as Liverpool sent clear 'diva' message

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Florian isn’t like that.“He’s not only an extraordinary footballer, he also has a great character. "I have no concerns about that: He'll show the English what he's made of."Florian is playing in a new league and a new club.

Speaking from experience, he does not expect Wirtz to follow the same path."He will delight us all in the future," he added. Andi Brehme, whose transfer was rather quiet, performed immediately at Inter."I had to get used to everything, partly due to the media hype and the higher transfer fee."Like Wirtz, Michael Ballack played for Bayer Leverkusen before making his own move to the Premier League, though the midfielder went via Bayern Munich before signing for Chelsea on a free transfer in 2006.Having previously admitted he was not surprised to see his compatriot snub the Bavarians in favour of a switch to Liverpool, he also told BILD that Wirtz is simply too good a player to fail in England.But, like Voller, he pointed out that Wirtz would get 'almost every ball' from his team-mates at Leverkusen, while that would not be the case at Anfield.“There’s a lot of competition within the Liverpool team, and expectations of Florian Wirtz have increased from the outside," he said.

"Or rather the expectations he has of himself."And at the beginning, it won’t be like it was in Leverkusen, where everyone plays for him and he gets almost every ball."That’s why it’s legitimate that he still needs to find his way around a bit. For him and his development, the move to England wasn’t a bad move."Elsewhere, Philipp Lahm has also insisted he has no concerns about Wirtz as he too waxed lyrical about the playmaker's quality."I'm not worried about Florian Wirtz at all," he said.