Liverpool fans told why Rayan Cherki looks so much better than Florian Wirtz in the Premier League

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When it was reported that Arne Slot had met Rayan Cherki over a proposed move to Liverpool in the summer of 2025, it was largely seen as a negative thing by the Reds’ fanbase.Liverpool were trying to sign Florian Wirtz at the time, and as they negotiated a huge fee with Bayer Leverkusen, the meeting with Cherki suggested that things may not be going so well.As it turned out, the Frenchman was merely seen as a back-up option, and after Wirtz joined for £116m, Cherki moved to Manchester City for only £35m. Wirtz, who cost more than three times as much, has seven goals and nine assists 55 Liverpool matches, and having seen him turn in a fairly dismal display against Bournemouth, former Reds player Don Hutchison attempted to make sense of why the two players are faring so differently, despite being so similar on the pitch.Cherki has greater physicality than WirtzOn paper, it is hard to argue that Cherki is a better footballer than Wirtz, despite the fact that the former Lyon man is supremely talented in his own right.

French lge (league) is a lot more physical than the Bundesliga,” the pundit wrote on X.READ MORE: Liverpool fans have idea of how to get the best out of Florian Wirtz after the international breakThe big difference with Cherki and Wirtz. So Cherki build makes him more suited to the prem.Wirtz is no where near the level of Coutinho (that’s the player he should be) On top of all that S,Boz is now playing deeper. https://t.co/vLv4T6gOrd— Don Hutchison (@donhutch4) September 21, 2026 View X “So Cherki’s build makes him more suited to the prem (Premier League).

Wirtz is nowhere near the level of Coutinho (that’s the player he should be) On top of all that S,Boz (Szoboszlai) is now playing deeper.“It all doesn’t mean F Wirtz is a bad player (far from it). You have to win duels/counter press/be strong/ etc I’m not sure he is going to get it.”Hutchison later reacted to a video of Philippe Coutinho at his best for Liverpool, expressing his confusion at why Wirtz has not really been able to show a similar level during his year-and-a-bit with the club so far.“This is the weird part of it all,” he said.