Former pro urges Liverpool to consider selling Florian Wirtz

Wirtz’s form had been on the up in recent months, but he disappointed in Liverpool’s 1-0 defeat in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Galatasaray. Burley, who played for Chelsea FC, Celtic Glasgow and Derby County, asked: “If he’s not scoring goals, where are his passes?

Where are those dribbles and those bewildering runs he showed at Leverkusen, where he left three or four opponents in his wake and finished with clinical precision? Where is all that?” Another sticking point is the position Wirtz occupies in Arne Slot’s team. At the start of the season, he was allowed to play in his favourite position in attacking midfield.

However, his performances there simply weren’t up to scratch, and Slot consequently broke up his tried-and-tested midfield from the title-winning season featuring Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch. So Wirtz is now being deployed on the left wing.

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