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The 23-year-old hasn’t yet been the world-class performer that Liverpool hoped they were signing, but Germany teammate Jonathan Tah has defended him amid negativity coming his way: “I’m happy he’s with us here for a few days. I know what kind of player he is.
I wish him all the best.” Will Florian Wirtz reach his potential at Liverpool? Even Wirtz’s most ardent supporter would have to admit that Liverpool haven’t yet seen the best of him, considering he won back-to-back Bundesliga Player of the Year awards during his Bayer Leverkusen days.
But I know he’s got to prove he can do it in the Premier League because there’s so many special footballers that have come and sometimes not done it. In terms of his running stats, he was always one of the highest in terms of distance covered, and he works hard in the gym.” Wirtz clearly has to do more, running matches and being a game-changing figure more consistently for Liverpool, but once the wingers click more with him, he has the ability to create chances for fun.
