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Wayne Rooney disagrees with Jamie Carragher on Florian Wirtz amid Liverpool 'change'

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Florian Wirtz is yet to score his first goal for Liverpool which has led to a debate between Jamie Carragher and Wayne RooneyWayne Rooney and Jamie Carragher are in disagreement about Florian Wirtz's start to life at Liverpool. Carragher explained why he has concerns about Wirtz's time as a Reds player so far.“I was worried about Florian Wirtz early on – not because he wasn’t amazing," said Carragher.



"When you pay that much money for someone, I just want to see a few glimpses of something to make me think, 'I know he’s not the Bayer Leverkusen version yet, but I can see little things'."That was early on, and I’ve seen a few things – the backheel at Chelsea, he played well against Real Madrid."My worry about Wirtz is when people say things like he has to get used to his teammates, he’s played well in Europe, but it’s a different game to the Premier League."He played well at Frankfurt and against Real Madrid at home, but he’s found it really tough in the Premier League. I worry about him going forward – I get it's early days, but I need to see something to keep me thinking that this will work.”Rooney, however, had a different view to Carragher, as the former Manchester United and Everton striker explained why he is confident that Wirtz will find his best form at Liverpool.

He added he prefers the recent change of Wirtz playing on the left instead of in a central role.“I like Wirtz coming off the left, how he’s done the last couple of games," said Rooney."I know he hasn’t scored, but he has created a good number of chances which his teammates haven’t taken. I think he’ll be fine – players just take time to settle in."To go from Leverkusen to Liverpool, it’s a big jump.