Florian Wirtz is still waiting for the results of negotiations with Liverpool and Leverkusen. The price that could close this deal is about 150 million Euros. Liverpool are eager to have young German talent, but the number of Leverkusen coming up could prevent Wirtz from joining Anfield.
However, it will be a matter of a few weeks until the summer transfer market is closed for quite a while. Wirtz has now proven himself to be a top attacking youngster in Europe. All this was demonstrated through the Nations League semi-final between Germany and Portugal.
In a collective lack of ideas and many "popular" stars, Wirtz emerged as the brightest person in the hands of Mr. Julian Nagelsmann. The opening goal shows that it is very clear. After the breakthrough failed from the left wing, the 22 -year -old midfielder ran very smart, welcomed the ball line of Joshua Kimmich and headed the net of Portugal.
Although not high, Florian Wirtz defeated his opponent with a very dangerous header. That situation surprised many people on the field. Wirtz's attack was one of the examples for Arne Slot to see how this star would fit the 4-2-3-1 formation he was building for Liverpool.
With his forte as a "number 10", Florian Wirtz can also play well in the 4-2-4 formation when Slot wants to transform in every match. Last season, in many matches when it needed to attack, Liverpool turned to this formation and got results.
Recently, the concept of "number 10 left/right" began to appear more. This is a model player right after the center but has a biased to the sides. At Euro 2024, Wirtz widely kicked in the right border but later in the Leverkusen shirt, he gradually stirred the wing and stone close to the penalty area. Since then, the level of influence, the number of goals/assists is also more.
Arne Slot really needs a breakthrough in the Liverpool squad next season. The one with that mindset is Trent Alexander-Arnold, who has joined Real Madrid. Alexander-Arnold's replacement, Jeremie Frimpong, is simply a winger and a breakthrough. Frimpong is not the type of player who is too creative, only playing best in a pre-formatted system.
During the match against Portugal, Florian Wirtz always tended to move the ball forward even though at many times when organizing a counter-attack, the German team's formation was very disjointed, lacking people to coordinate with Wirtz to put pressure on the opponent's goal.
In an environment with a lot of physical strength and duels like the Premier League, small players like Florian Wirtz have to escape constant pressing. He also proved this in the match against Portugal in the 73rd minute. Wirtz alone escaped the siege of Vitinha and Nelson Semedo.
Wirtz is a very comprehensive player, only having a small physical weakness. Arne Slot will have to deal with this weakness before bringing him to Anfield. Many Wirtz talented players were overwhelmed when they returned to the Premier League and Slot could not let the German star fall into that state.
