Liverpool were not superstar's first choice before £100m transfer to Anfield

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Florian Wirtz has struggled to make the impact at Liverpool that he was expected to and it has now been revealed that he would have preferred to join Real Madrid. Just last week, Liverpool were told to send Wirtz on loan to Madrid, and while that will obviously never happen, he might have picked the Bernabeu over Anfield if given the chance.

Florian Wirtz first choice was Real Madrid – not Liverpool Speaking to German outlet Sport1, Fernando Carro has spoken about Wirtz and his struggles adapting to the Premier League. “He would certainly have gone to Madrid if Xabi had made the offer.

But Xabi has less say at Madrid than he does with us. That said, Wirtz will agree that he neeeds to increase his goal contributions but given that he is not the only player struggling for form, it’s not quite that simple.