Florian Wirtz has struggled to assert himself at Liverpool after joining for £116million. Arne Slot promised Wirtz the number 10 role but did not build the team's attack around him, and Wirtz was assigned the number 7 shirt. Liverpool's squad features many high-profile players who often dominate possession, limiting Wirtz's involvement. The club spent around £500 million but is having a poor season. Wirtz has no Premier League goals or assists, has often been deployed on the left wing, and has registered 521 touches this season, the ninth-most at Liverpool.
"'They spent £500 million and are having a disastrous season,' Hoeness said, via Bild. 'In my opinion, that's because they only have superstars. I always say: Liverpool will soon have to play with five balls because the stars won't give up any of them. 'Poor Florian Wirtz, he doesn't even get a ball because [Mohamed] Salah and [Dominik] Szoboszlai and all the others want to play with their own.'"
"He also said, via Fabrizio Romano: 'Slot promised Wirtz something that he's now clearly not keeping: building the new team around him with no10 shirt. That was rubbish. 'He got the number 7 shirt, and the new team is clearly not playing around Florian Wirtz.' Hoeness was informed over the phone by Wirtz's father, Hans-Joachim, that his 22-year-old son was snubbing Bayern in the summer. Wirtz wanted the challenge of playing in the Premier League after a successful stint at Bayer Leverkusen."
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