Florian Wirtz has opened up on his underwhelming begin at Liverpool, having arrived with big expectations on a £116million deal.
The attacking midfielder, who joined from Bayer Leverkusen in the summertime, is but to register a objective or help within the Premier League or Champions League.
In an interview with Sky Germany, the 22-year-old admitted: ‘Sure, in fact I might have preferred to have scored a objective or collected a couple of factors. However it doesn’t matter what anybody says, I am staying cool.
And Wirtz added that there is no one who has increased expectations than himself to ship in for Arne Slot’s males and reveal the recommendation he’s bored with being instructed ‘continuously’.
He went on: ‘I do not need to continuously hear “give it time, give it time.” As a substitute, I merely attempt to do it higher every time than earlier than.
Wirtz was dropped to the bench for Saturday’s Merseyside derby and in addition rested for Tuesday’s Carabao Cup win over Southampton.
Florian Wirtz has opened up on his irritating begin to life at Liverpool after becoming a member of for £116m
The German got here off the bench within the Merseyside derby win over Everton on Saturday
The German insists he’s ‘not enjoying badly’, simply wants the targets and assists to indicate for it.
He continued: ‘Typically there are simply phases the place issues aren’t going nicely for you. I have not had that fairly often in my profession.
‘As soon as I get via it—that may be harsh, as a result of I am not enjoying badly, I simply have not received the factors (targets and assists) but — it’ll come sooner or later, after which the whole lot might be superb.
‘It’s no secret that I’d prefer to have extra thus far, however I’m affected person, and as I simply stated, I do know full nicely that I can play good soccer. Ultimately, I’m certain that issues will return to regular.’
‘It doesn’t matter what anybody says, I keep cool. I simply attempt to do higher each time than earlier than.’
Wirtz might be afforded loads of time to settle into his new atmosphere and can hope to strike up an efficient partnership with Alexander Isak.
The Swedish ahead appears to be like set to start out for the Reds at Crystal Palace this weekend after Hugo Ekitike’s senseless two yellow playing cards towards Southampton.
He was booked for hitting the ball away in frustration earlier than receiving a second yellow for taking his shirt off after scoring the winner.
Wirtz is coming to phrases with the tempo and physicality of the Premier League
Ekitike has hit the bottom working for his new membership, not like Wirtz.
It stays to be seen whether or not Slot will persist together with his big-money signing within the No 10 function or think about transferring him to the left wing.
Dominic Szoboszlai carried out nicely behind the striker within the derby, whereas Cody Gakpo has come beneath scrutiny for current performances on the flank.
Liverpool tackle the Eagles at Selhurst Park in a 3:00pm kick-off on Saturday earlier than a testing journey to Galatasaray within the Champions League subsequent Tuesday.
If they’re to proceed the momentum constructed up in each competitions it might be the best time for Wirtz to face up and ship.
