Football legend has made current Liverpool player the butt of his joke with brutal dig

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Florian Wirtz’s struggles at Liverpool have been well-documented over the past 12 months, and Germany legend Toni Kroos has aimed a dig in his direction. The 23-year-old has shown moments of class since joining the Reds, but he has clearly not produced enough quality, with Gary Neville criticising him and Alexander Isak last month: “The big thing for Liverpool is they’ve got this quarter-of-a-billion-pound front two, Isak and Wirtz and bloody hell, we’ve been kind to them.

They’re going to have to start playing sooner or later or else, to be fair, they’re going to get quite a lot of criticism. For a start, they’re too nice, and if you’re going to be nice, you’d better be incredible at football.

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