Liverpool legend John Barnes has said that Florian Wirtz is his favourite player at Anfield. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
Backing the German midfielder to do what Bruno Fernandes does for MUFC, Barnes revealed that Wirtz can still justify the £116 million ($156m) worth of faith that has been shown in him.
John added that the Reds need to find a way of unlocking Bruno’s levels of productivity in their creative No.7.
His words, “He is my favourite player at Liverpool. He’s my favourite player. Now the team has to play around him.
Once you had [Hugo] Ekitike and you had [Cody] Gakpo and you had other players who are doing the same thing as him, he has to be the main player. So I don’t have any advice for him because I think every time he plays, he plays well.
The team has to adapt to him. He has to adapt to the team. And I think that we had too many players who were doing the same thing. So Liverpool have to play in a way to get the best out of Florian Wirtz. And I think that you’ll see the best out of Florian Wirtz and Isak.
Once you had Ekitike and Wirtz and Gakpo and Isak, you then had Mo [Salah] as well, you had all of these players and you can’t have too many players like that. So I think we’ll see a much better version of Florian Wirtz this year.
Yeah, but Man United plays around Bruno Fernandes. Liverpool didn’t play around Wirtz. They played around Mo or Ekitike, or whoever. Whereas everything is played through Bruno Fernandes.
Now if you play everything through Wirtz, he will do what Bruno Fernandes does. And that’s what Liverpool have to figure out. Whether they’re willing to do that…”
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