Robbie Fowler just doesn't understand what some people keep saying about Florian Wirtz at Liverpool

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Florian Wirtz has faced his fair share of criticism since arriving at Liverpool. The Reds go into the international break rather disappointed after being comfortably beaten by Man City, just one game after dominating Real Madrid.Arne Slot kept the same team for both games, with a bit of fatigue perhaps setting in, hence why Liverpool looked so leggy.Join our newsletter for news & smart analysis.

Florian Wirtz got some valuable minutes in both, though, after struggling to get into the team in previous weeks, with the German starting both.He had very different performances in the two games, however, and despite shining against Madrid in particular, there is one thing that Robbie Fowler simply cannot get his head around. Photo by Christian Kaspar-Bartke/Getty ImagesRobbie Fowler does not think Florian Wirtz should be playing out wideTo fit him into the team across the last two games, Wirtz has been playing on the left instead of Cody Gakpo, a move that has been questioned.Against Real Madrid, he was brilliant from this position and had one of his better games in a Liverpool shirt, but against Man City, he was very much off the pace.He was bullied off the ball and looked out of place out wide, something that Fowler agreed with as he thinks he is much better when played centrally.

“I think he’s a number 10,” he said on The Good, The Bad and The Football Podcast.“I can’t see why people say he needs to come off the left, for me he’s a number 10. Liverpool are trying to shoehorn players into positions.“It’s up to the manager to find a system and a way of playing to get the best out of players because Liverpool’s identity is not what it was a couple of years back.”READ MORE: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has just given Florian Wirtz the perfect Premier League role modelIt seems to be a debate each week as no one is too sure where his best position is, but as things stand, it looks like it is going to carry on for a long time.Have Liverpool made a mistake signing Florian Wirtz?There is no denying the talent Wirtz has and he has shown it in flashes, but was he really a player Liverpool needed?Granted, they have been crying out for someone for a long time who can create chances out of nothing, but that needed to be someone who could fit into the existing system.However, Wirtz is mainly an out-and-out number 10, something Liverpool have never played with before, meaning Slot threw his tactics out of the window to get him into the team.However, it has not worked and when he has gone back to his old system and left Wirtz out, it has been more productive, suggesting they could have spent that money elsewhere to improve the team, mainly the defence.