Jamie Carragher believes Arne Slot will have to change the position of a \u201cvitally important\u201d Liverpool star if they beat Bayern Munich to Florian Wirtz this summer.<\/p>\n
Wirtz is set to leave Bayer Leverkusen this summer with the Bundesliga side reportedly willing to listen to offers of around \u20ac120m (\u00a3101m) for the playmaker.<\/p>\n
Manchester City were also in the race with Bayern and the Reds but are now said to have dropped over the running<\/a><\/strong> over the exorbitant transfer fee and wages, which could make it a \u20ac300m deal in total.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Liverpool defeat to Brighton shows \u00a333m man is a mad first summer signing for Arne Slot<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n A Liverpool move for Wirtz has raised doubts as to what will become of Szoboszlai, who\u2019s played in the German\u2019s No.10 position under Slot this term, and Carragher believes he\u2019s \u201cvitally important\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve had this thing with Szoboszlai where I think he\u2019s got the qualities of a central midfielder, the way we describe his energy. It\u2019s more what he does off the ball than on the ball,\u201d Carragher analysed for Sky Sports.<\/p>\n \u201cLiverpool are getting linked to a guy from Germany at the moment, from Bayer Leverkusen. Flirtz? Wirtz? Well, they\u2019re flirting with him. Florian Wirtz.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat would be interesting is let\u2019s say that deal got done, Szoboszlai\u2019s energy is vitally important to Liverpool. Could you do with that energy in central midfield?\u201d<\/p>\n Carragher got the chance to ask Slot before kick-off against Brighton if Szoboszlai \u2013 who scored the second Liverpool goal in their 3-2 defeat at the Amex \u2013 was indeed being trialled as a central midfielder.<\/p>\n \u201cUh, yes, he is,\u201d the Dutchman responded, joking: \u201cBefore this I said is it really necessary for me to go in because Jamie knows everything.<\/p>\n \u201cDominik is playing as an eight, with Ryan as a six and Harvey [Elliott] a bit more forward.<\/p>\n \u201cDominik sees his best position as an eight as well, so it will be interesting to see how he does in this position.\u201d<\/p>\n MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong>
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