Liverpool legend tells Jurgen Klopp to stop the excuses for Florian Wirtz, ‘I’ve had enough’
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Florian Wirtz’s first taste of action under Jurgen Klopp did not go to plan on Sunday as Germany were beaten 1-0 by Greece.With Wirtz struggling to put any kind of form together for Liverpool, there has been hope among supporters that their former boss can bring his confidence back while managing him for the national team. Fairly? 🤔 Nicol is fed up of Wirtz excusesWirtz only played 25 minutes of Germany’s surprise defeat on Sunday, but the fact that he was unable to inspire Klopp‘s team while coming on with the score at 0-0 will do nothing to quieten the noise growing around him.Nicol has been a critic of Wirtz for quite some time, and after witnessing his performance against Greece, he once again took aim, lamenting the Liverpool man’s apparent inability to do the basics right.“Klopp’s saying nice things because he’s going to be his player at Germany, so he’s going to stick up for him,” he told ESPN FC, when asked if the legendary former Reds manager is right to point out that Wirtz joined Liverpool at a difficult time.“The one thing I’ve had enough of, and Jurgen said it, [is that] when a team struggles, a player like Wirtz struggles.
Because that’s what he’s doing.”READ MORE: Kostas Tsimikas reveals what he said to Jurgen Klopp which made him laugh after Greece beat Germany“It’s one thing that the team’s struggling as a whole, but that doesn’t mean that Wirtz can’t get ahold of himself and do the basics properly, because he’s not doing the basics properly. That’s what his problem is.
7 was being given time to bed in and get it right, there is now a concern that he is just not going to get better at all.Nicol certainly thinks that that could be true, and cited his ‘biggest worry’ about Wirtz as being that players from the Bundesliga who have found it hard to adapt to English football do not magically get better.“The worrying thing would be that there have been quite a few over the last few years who have come from the Bundesliga and really struggled in the Premier League,” he said.“He’s just another one, and unfortunately Liverpool paid, what, 130 million, for a guy who’s got no goals and one assist. It really has got to the point of where it’s crunch time, otherwise he’s going to have to sit on the bench, it’s just that straightforward.”Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox