"When Wirtz had the choice between going to Bayern Munich or to Liverpool. He said to Liverpool, I come to you if I play No.10, I do not want to play wide'. Liverpool to get him say, okay', Wenger said during punditry duty on beIN Sports, as quoted by the Metro. So they start him, they destroyed their midfield because their midfield was Gravenberch, Mac Allister and Szoboszlai, to play Wirtz they took Szoboszlai out."
"What have they done against Aston Villa? They came back to their normal midfield of last year. Tonight (against Real Madrid) they play Wirtz but I am sure Wirtz will play on the side because the manager has said, if you want to play again you have to play wide because I do not want to disturb the midfield'."
Liverpool suffered a poor run, losing six of seven matches across competitions before recent wins over Aston Villa and Real Madrid. Florian Wirtz has not yet replicated his Bayer Leverkusen form since joining Liverpool. Using Wirtz centrally prompted the club to remove Szoboszlai, which disrupted the midfield trio of Gravenberch, Mac Allister and Szoboszlai. The manager has reportedly instructed Wirtz to play out wide to preserve midfield balance and to regain selection. Wirtz had previously insisted on a No.10 role when choosing Liverpool over Bayern Munich and formerly operated on the left at Leverkusen.
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