“despite being informed that young Germans never make it in the PL”
I fully stand by my statement that I made about young German (and Italian) players not setting the Premier League alight, and even their senior players (to a lesser extent), especially compared to much smaller European football powers such as Belgium, who have produced the superstars Courtois, Kompany, De Bruyne and Hazard.
And even with Wirtz, he did indeed struggle initially, taking 23 games to score his first goal for Liverpool.
BUT this is also what I specifically said about Wirtz before we signed him, based on FACTS, basically I said I was totally in favour of us signing him for £116m, for the following two reasons:
1. Wirtz was clearly the best player in the Bundesliga, winning the following awards over two seasons:
– Bundesliga Player of the Season: 2023–24
– VDV Bundesliga Player of the Season: 2023–24, 2024–25
2. Unlike Isak, he was fairly priced compared to his contemporaries. I was totally against his initial price of £126m, but I fully supported his final price of £116m, because that is in the ballpark of the other three comparable midfielders Rice (£105m), Fernandez (£107m) and Caicedo (£115m) – and Wirtz has already proved to be just as good as them, settling in even faster than Hernandez, for example.
Onwards and upwards for Florian Wirtz, and if he keeps improving at this rate, and bulking up in the gym, he could be the best German player to play in the PL, here’s hoping that happens and he wins us the biggest trophies as soon as possible, starting this season
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