Rousing The Kop readers grade Florian Wirtz’s underwhelming debut season at Liverpool

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When Liverpool surprised the football world to secure a £116m deal to sign Florian Wirtz last June, it was widely accepted that the Reds had pulled off an enormous coup.Despite the size of the fee, Wirtz was seen as being a real steal for Liverpool, who had beaten Bayern Munich, Manchester City and Real Madrid to the German.Sadly, the excitement which followed Wirtz’s signing has rarely been replicated since. This sounds like it was aimed at Slot… Photo Credit: Getty Images/Liverpool FC So, as his first season at Liverpool comes to a close with a match against Brentford on Sunday, Rousing The Kop asked readers to grade what has been an underwhelming debut campaign for Wirtz, with some unsurprisingly negative results.Liverpool fans disappointed with WirtzAsking fans on RTK‘s Facebook and X pages to grade Wirtz from A* – Amazing down to D – Poor, the overriding feeling was that the No.

7 has not done enough to score better than a C.“D. “C – average nowhere near yet what he should be,” added another.“C – was an exorbitant amount for the player,” someone else weighed in, with the majority of fans commenting with simply a C or, worse, a D.Photo by Carl Recine/Getty ImagesREAD MORE: Florian Wirtz names the two Liverpool players he really wants to be on the pitch with more next season“Not a great first season,” one more fan conceded, with another grading Wirtz a C and admitting that he ‘needs a big second year.’“D – that’s all you can give him based on performance to expectations,” someone else summed up.Some positivity remains Despite many fans being disappointed with Wirtz’s return of seven goals and eight assists, there were still a few positive voices who suggested that the only way is up from here, and others who pinned his failures at the feet of Arne Slot.“B – played in the wrong position needs a new manager who knows how to get the best out of him,” said one fan.

Should we have signed Cherki instead? 😬 Photo Credit: Getty Images/Christian Kaspar-Bartke/Rob Newell – CaemeraSport “B (okay) – if you watch his style and what he does he is so impactful,” was one more supporter’s verdict. “Would also have better numbers if we had decent forwards.”“Great… just that he joined the team at a wrong time,” said another, with one more adding that Wirtz would be ‘better if they played him in his correct position and had a manager who played attacking football.’All in all, while fans have clearly been frustrated at the lack of decisive impact from Wirtz, there is still some hope and positivity that a better second season is in store.Nevertheless, there is no getting away from the fact that the enormous fee Liverpool paid for his services has yet to be justified in any way, shape or form.