{"id":162608,"date":"2025-06-06T09:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T09:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/162608\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T09:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T09:40:10","slug":"philipp-lahm-offers-exciting-view-on-why-florian-wirtz-could-thrive-in-arne-slots-liverpool-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/162608\/","title":{"rendered":"Philipp Lahm offers exciting view on why Florian Wirtz could thrive in Arne Slot’s Liverpool system"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Liverpool fans became used to seeing a slightly different style of play during their Premier League title winning season.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Having watched the \u2018heavy metal football\u2019 of Jurgen Klopp\u2019s team for almost nine years, it did take a little while for supporters to get on board with something else.<\/p>\n

But the proof is in the pudding, and although Arne Slot<\/a> and his more patient style of play was not initially everyone\u2019s cup of tea, winning trophies has a way of changing minds.<\/p>\n

Slot himself has been at pains to point out the similarities he and the former Liverpool manager<\/a> share in terms of playing style, and Klopp\u2019s blueprint has not been totally ripped up. But, as Slot begins to shape the Liverpool squad<\/a> with his own signings, things may change even further.<\/p>\n

The clearest hint yet of what the Dutchman would like to implement is his targeting of attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz<\/a> as a blockbuster signing this summer. <\/p>\n

And as Liverpool continue to negotiate over Wirtz<\/a>, German World Cup-winning captain Philipp Lahm has explained why the 22-year-old is \u2018ideal\u2019 for the Reds.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Alexander Hassenstein\/Getty ImagesPhilipp Lahm shares Florian Wirtz vision<\/p>\n

Liverpool fans are starting to get slightly tetchy as their negotiations with Bayer Leverkusen drag on. But, as of Friday morning, the expectation is still that Wirtz will end up as a Liverpool player.<\/p>\n

And according to Lahm, that is good news for the German international. Writing in The Athletic<\/a>, the former full-back explains how this could work.<\/p>\n

Comparing Wirtz to German national team colleague Jamal Musiala, Lahm says the Leverkusen man\u2019s more direct style of play could be perfect in Slot\u2019s Liverpool system.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn contrast [to Musiala], Wirtz doesn\u2019t just want to be involved in the attacking play, he wants to be the decisive part of it,\u201d he says. \u201cHe is more straightforward and clear-minded. He waits, he picks his moments, and can alter the speed of a game with one touch or pass.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Florian Wirtz earns Kevin De Bruyne comparison as Liverpool told what \u2018everyone\u2019 is saying about him<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why he seems ideal for Liverpool. The system of play there has pace, vertical direction and a clear allocation of roles within the team that should suit him really well.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m enjoying watching both players\u2019 development because neither Musiala nor Wirtz is complete yet,\u201d adds Lahm. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut they can become complete if they are given the structure in which their exceptional talent can flourish.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liverpool told to keep calm over Wirtz deal<\/p>\n

Although some are becoming frustrated at the lack of progress over the mammoth deal for Wirtz, there have been nothing but positive noises coming out in the press.<\/p>\n

Journalist Fabrizio Romano has retained confidence throughout that there will not be any problems and speaking to DAZN on Thursday, Romano once again reiterated his expectation that things will go through smoothly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll give a word to all Liverpool fans who are waiting for updates on Florian Wirtz and the word is \u2018keep calm.\u2019 This deal is advancing,\u201d said the transfer expert.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know Liverpool fans have been waiting for two weeks for the \u2018here we go\u2019 on Wirtz. But sometimes it\u2019s easy for us to say they are negotiating the add-ons, but it\u2019s a club record, it\u2019s an important deal, and they are mainly negotiating on 20-30 million Euros add-ons. Easy add-ons, difficult add-ons, based on appearances, winning the Premier League, winning the Champions League.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy clear feeling and the feeling of all sources close to the deal is that it will happen,\u201d Romano adds. \u201cWirtz is just waiting, he has an agreement with Liverpool. It\u2019s similar with Milos Kerkez.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool fans became used to seeing a slightly different style of play during their Premier League title winning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[2912,94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-162608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-florian-wirtz","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114635762859696056","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}