Slot rejects Wenger claim that Wirtz at No 10 has ‘destroyed Liverpool’s midfield’

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The Germany international’s difficult start in the Premier League – where he is yet to score or assist before Sunday’s visit to Manchester City – prompted a withering assessment by Wenger before the visit of Real.Wenger claimed on beIN Sports: “When Wirtz had the choice between going to Bayern Munich or Liverpool, he said to Liverpool: ‘I come to you if I play No 10. I do not want to play wide.’ Liverpool, to get him, they say OK.

What have they done? Now he played off the left but I can tell you, if it is not now it is tomorrow, he will have great performances as a midfielder for Liverpool as well.”City were keen on signing Wirtz at the start of the summer transfer window but claim to have been put off by the financial package involved to bring him from Bayer Leverkusen.

He does this for the national team, he did it for Leverkusen and he’s already done that for us as well.”Slot admits he has changed the Liverpool team more than he would have wished this season and, unusually for him, became agitated when explaining how injuries to Mac Allister, Conor Bradley, Jeremie Frimpong and Isak gave him no alternative.“There have been obvious reasons why we’ve had to change more than I would like,” he said. Why are you talking about me changing?’ when it’s so obvious why.“I’m known as being a manager who prefers not to change, but I couldn’t do anything different to what I did.