Jurgen Klopp has already explained how he’ll get the best out of ‘once-in-a-century talent’ Florian Wirtz
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How excited are you to see Florian Wirtz playing under Jurgen Klopp for Germany? Photo Credit: Getty Images/Markus Ulmer/GES Sportfoto Wirtz will surely improve under Andoni Iraola, but it also sounds like Klopp has a plan for him, with the 59-year-old talking up Liverpool’s No.
7 before and during the recently finished World Cup.Klopp urges Liverpool and Germany to give Wirtz the ballKlopp has clearly watched a lot of Wirtz, and during Germany’s dismal showing in the USA, Canada and Mexico, he outlined a way to get the best out of the 23-year-old: simply give him the ball as often as possible.“The important thing is that we involve him in the game. There were moments against Curacao when I thought, ‘just give him the ball’,” Klopp said on Magenta TV during Germany’s round of 32 match against Ivory Coast.“If you really want Flo Wirtz to get into a rhythm, if you want the place to really be buzzing, then give him the ball, because that’s when he feels completely at home.
It’s important to involve him because that’s when Flo can feel confident and comfortable on the pitch.”Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP via Getty ImagesREAD MORE: Jurgen Klopp takes two former Liverpool coaches with him to join the German national team“He shouldn’t drop back and get the ball from his own penalty area and we expect him to start making plays, we have to find moments where we can use this position, because with his positioning he creates a lot of space for the players next to him, for the full-backs and for everyone who can make runs into those space.”While this clearly points to how Klopp will use Wirtz for Germany, it should also be instructive to Iraola, who will no doubt be in conversation with one of his Liverpool predecessors about the former Bayer Leverkusen prodigy.If the two coaches can get on the same page, special things could happen. You can stop.”Klopp can now have a direct hand in making sure Wirtz pulls himself out of his current sticky patch, and that could be great news for Liverpool and Iraola.