Press and experts fire
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The bankruptcy of FC Liverpool in the Champions League near Galatasaray Istanbul also poured new oil into the fire with a view to the personnel Florian Wirtz. In England, the press and experts are shooting on the German top transfer of the Reds these days, which is still waiting for his first scorer in the league and premier class. Ben Littlemore, Content Manager at Transfermarkt.co.uk, classifies the situation of the 22-year-old.
As foreseeable as the landlord euphoria immediately after his 125 million transfer to the Anfield Road, the current media coverage around the German international was so foreseeable. Although the professional recently attested to be put under pressure by isolated critics, he will be grateful for the media and part of the automatisms of the business these days. Ideally, it does not go, a guilty one has to quickly come – and for quite a few, it is easily attached to a very expensive newcomer, which has so far lagged behind expectations.
At the beginning of the week, the English striker icon Wayne Rooney, who was currently uniform as a coach, had publicly expressed great doubts about Liverpool’s obligation. “I don’t see where it fits into the team,” said the 39-year-old and continued as part of his tough analysis: “That was a lot of money. I think Wirtz actually harms the balance of Liverpool and the way they play. Wirtz is probably the one who has been the least convinced so far, although he has already seen so much talent. Price shield.
Liverpool legend Carragher demands: Leave Wirtz outside
Roone’s former national team colleague and reds legend Jamie Carragher followed and asked LFC coach Arne Slot to leave Wirtz outside: “He is simply not up at all”, Carragher was quoted in the “Daily Mail” after the 0: 1 of the Reds in Istanbul. At the moment the balance in the team is not correct and the German international is the most obvious case.
Wirtz is a young player who came into a new league and still had a lot of time ahead of him as a professional from Liverpool. “But at the moment I think that he has to be taken out of the team so that Liverpool can return what it was last season, and then build self-confidence from there and develop defensive stability,” said the 47-year-old and added: “Because at the moment it is a chaos.”
“The familiarization phase continues to be frustrating,” wrote the “Liverpool Echo” with a view to the German. Wirtz is still waiting for the big breakthrough and slot has to find out quickly how he could best use the offensive midfielder. The “Express” also emphasized a few good actions by Wirtz against Istanbul, but emphasized: “Liverpool needs a lot more of a player on which you have set so much. Doesn’t work confidently.”
FC Liverpool: A lot of headwind for newcomers Wirtz
The headwind for Wirtz is getting stronger these days. TM expert Littlemore also attests that the offensive power from athletically “anything but a dream start” on the Anfield Road. “Due to the high transfer fee, expectations were also great and although he had its obvious quality flashed, the German struggled to influence the games.” A mistake by the German had also initiated the emergence of the Istanbul winning goal on Tuesday. “While Liverpool games won – which has often happened more by chance – Wirtz escaped massive criticism. However, if they continue to leave points, as in the last two games, the pressure on the playmaker will continue to rise,” predicts Littlemore.
In view of the factors described, it is now rather unlikely that Wirtz will be in the starting eleven again on Saturday evening at the top duel with Chelsea. For Liverpool it was the second defeat within a few days, previously the slot team had lost 1-2 against Crystal Palace in the Premier League.
Symbolish for the current situation: Liverpool’s top transfer Florian Wirtz recently not really gets up for the Reds.
But why doesn’t Wirtz really get on its feet at the LFC? TM-user “Liverpool_38” recently wrote in the LFC forum at the transfer market, both the German and 145 million transfer Alexander Isak are in the Liverpool game “previously foreign body. (…) Even if the newcomers have ‘puppy protection’, this must be sitting until the middle/end of November. Sit time “. A challenge that coaches Slot must master and successfully integrate the most valuable player in his squad. “Let’s see how he will manage these luxury problems,” writes “Liverpool_38” in the forum.
“We are not far from the level of the pre -season,” the Dutch said after the defeat on the Bosphorus and wanted to rely on the positive approaches in his team’s game in his analysis. Expert Littlemore meanwhile judges with a view to the ex-Leverkusen Wirtz: “He is difficult to get used to the physicality of the Premier League.” Not all voices are negatively affected with a view to Wirtz. Slot, who had strengthened his protégé his back about a week and a half ago, was fundamentally correct if he gave Wirtz time, the “Liverpool Echo” wrote, after all, the Reds would have signed him “for five years, not for five weeks”.
The former chief reporter of the “Times” and the “Daily Telegraph”, Henry Winter, referred to the parallels to the English legend Peter Beardsley in a contributionwho also decorated with a millions of revenue in the 1980s, which came to Angeld Road and had to deal with initial difficulties in the first half of the year. Littlemore also did not write off Littlemore for a long time: “Zero and zero templates in his first eight games in the Premier League and the Champions League are anything but ideal, but it was always clear that he would need a while to get used to the new league and the new team.” However, the TM expert warns at the same time: “Due to the transfer fee and expectations, fans and media will not give him too much time.”