Florian Wirtz - Welcome to LFC

[Cerbie]

Wirtz would have loved a player like Nunez, someone who is always willing to run in behind....ok, he may not put them all away, but he moves and doesn't stop moving. All our forwards at the moment just seem to stand still, waiting for the ball to feet, rather than making a dart forwards. Maybe Isak will do that more, as Ekitike did at the start of the year, before too many games caught him up.

Is there a chance we could get him back on loan for next season? And if we did, would be have to wait for the window to open given his circumstances in Saudi?

[Kenneth]

None

[Exiled_red]

We’ve had so little consistency due to injury and lack of options. But mid season when Wirtz and Ekitike were in form you could see the potential.

Not unheard off for a player to take a season to bed in and Wirtz has been decent enough on a mis firing team. I’m looking forward to seeing what he can do next season with a more settled team (and new manager!).

I think that it's the lack of options more than anything that has been the problem, in terms of number of injuries I don't think we have been that unlucky, where we have been unlucky is 1) the number of long term injuries we have got and 2) having injuries to multiple players in the same position at the same time (e.g. losing 1st and 2nd choice GKs at the same time, and the constant RB issues)

We came into the season with about 18 senior outfield players (plus some kids), at least 2 of whom the manager didn't trust (Chiesa and Endo) and one who is quite injury prone (Gomez). We knew Salah was going to miss part of the season due to AFCON. You can probably expect to have about 4 players out at any time on average, but that squad just isn't big enough.

[frank the tank]

We’ve had so little consistency due to injury and lack of options. But mid season when Wirtz and Ekitike were in form you could see the potential.

Not unheard off for a player to take a season to bed in and Wirtz has been decent enough on a mis firing team. I’m looking forward to seeing what he can do next season with a more settled team (and new manager!).

Roy Keane compared the Wirtz situation to Modric last week which i thought (hope) was a good one.

I think that with a more settled team around him, then youd hope that he clicks.

[baitman]

It may just be lazy journalists but they say on beeb gossip that alonso at Chelsea wants wirtz. If we could get our money back then I'd snatch their hand off.
I know hes come into a dysfunctional team but he looks so lightweight, even for the German team.

[SB]

No way I’d be letting Alonso have him. Hopefully Iraola can unlock the genius that he showed in Germany

[BG1973]

It may just be lazy journalists but they say on beeb gossip that alonso at Chelsea wants wirtz. If we could get our money back then I'd snatch their hand off.
I know hes come into a dysfunctional team but he looks so lightweight, even for the German team.

Shouldn't be giving up on talented players after one (****ed up) season.

[rudedog]

Imagine City had let Silva go after his disappointing first season where he struggled with the physicality of the prem.

[Yerman]

I want to see how Wirtz fits into Iraola’s plans, hopefully he’ll be a big influence on a team that is playing with proper intensity and not shuffling sideways

[Sus]

It may just be lazy journalists but they say on beeb gossip that alonso at Chelsea wants wirtz. If we could get our money back then I'd snatch their hand off.
I know hes come into a dysfunctional team but he looks so lightweight, even for the German team.

For our money back I’d be selling as well. Spend the money on wide forwards and rampaging fullbacks, along with a proper 6

[kemm1]

Imagine City had let Silva go after his disappointing first season where he struggled with the physicality of the prem.

100% correct.

[Yozza]

Not a chance we're selling I hope
We haven't spent the entire year getting him ready physically for the PL just to offload him to a competitor
He's an incredible player & I fully hope we're able to unlock his abilities... New Boss; over to you

[BigChief]

He was hardly a problem last season. If anything it was like buying very expensive China and putting it on a shelf next to Ikea chintz. Can't wait to see him being used properly finally (as Iraola's number 10 genius).

[memzey]

He was hardly a problem last season. If anything it was like buying very expensive China and putting it on a shelf next to Ikea chintz. Can't wait to see him being used properly finally (as Iraola's number 10 genius).

Does Iraola have a track record of playing with a No. 10 like Wirtz? I haven't watched enough of Bournemouth to form a firm opinion. I seem to recall from when we played them last season that most of the threat came from out wide and their midfield was more workmanlike, similar to how Klopp's best teams were.

[Scratch]

To be fair tho, at Bournemouth he never had a talent like Wirtz available to him, so his track record will be skewed by the resources he had. For all we know, he might have loved to have a player like Wirtz, but had to adjust his philosophy to suit the squad he had around him. We need to give him a full season to see what his preferred team style evolves into....was he constrained by being at a small club, or is that just how he wants a team to play, that sort of thing.