Florian Wirtz's true value to Liverpool emerges after blunt Jamie Carragher verdict

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Wirtz's arrival at Liverpool has resulted in significant scrutiny of his displays, with plenty of onlookers left not too impressed with his start to life at Anfield. "There's a few problems there that he's [Arne Slot] got to fix - and it'll now be really interesting how he goes about it because he's spent a lot of money on certain players," Carragher told CBS Sports last week.

"He's just not at the races at all. "He's a young boy coming into a new league.

He's got plenty of time to go as a Liverpool player. Florian Wirtz has just one assist to his name since joining Liverpool (Image: Gaspafotos/MB Media/Getty Images) "But, right now, I think he needs to come out of the team, Liverpool get back to what they were last season - and then go from there and try and build some confidence and build some defensive solidity because right now, it just looks a mess." The 22-year-old has yet to find the net since his switch to Anfield and was relegated to the substitutes' bench for the Premier League defeat against Chelsea at the weekend.