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While more has been needed from Wirtz, he is playing in a team struggling for structure and confidence, and he hasn’t always been used in his preferred No.10 role that he has shone in so often in the past. Currently, he’s obviously one of the main figures in what Liverpool are delivering, or rather, not delivering.
The moment may come when he says: ‘I don’t think this is the kind of football I envision’.” Will Wirtz eventually come good for Liverpool? He is still so young and will only improve as the years pass, and he has been lauded for his brilliance by Liverpool teammate Federico Chiesa: “One of the best players I’ve ever seen on the ball.
Of course he has everything to be a success at Liverpool, there’s nothing holding him back. But the player is just amazing, from what I’ve seen.” As mentioned, Liverpool need more from Wirtz, both in terms of physicality and his influence on matches, but this isn’t the time to be overly judging him, and he has every chance of becoming a superstar at Anfield.
