{"id":493279,"date":"2025-10-12T09:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T09:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/493279\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T09:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T09:50:16","slug":"germany-manager-backs-wirtz-to-succeed-at-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/493279\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany manager backs Wirtz to succeed at Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann has backed Florian Wirtz to succeed at Liverpool, following his high-profile move to Anfield.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wirtz joined Liverpool from Bayer Leverkusen for a then-British record \u00a3116m deal in the summer but has endured an underwhelming start in the Premier League. The 22-year-old is yet to record a goal or assist for Liverpool in 10 appearances across all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>That form is a contrast to the last two seasons. Wirtz was one of just two players to record 10+ goals and 10+ assists in each of those campaigns across Europe\u2019s top five leagues, alongside new Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah.<\/p>\n<p>However, the midfielder is yet to show the form that made him so sought-after at Leverkusen, where he was named Bundesliga Player of the Season in 2023\/24 and 2024\/25.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, Nagelsmann has no doubt that Wirtz will succeed at Liverpool. Speaking to Sport 1, he insisted Wirtz\u2019s performances have been overly criticised and backed the German to Sport 1 to impress after a period of adaption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if he hasn\u2019t scored a goal, he\u2019s the player who creates among the most chances in the Premier League,\u201d Nagelsmann said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not his fault if he team-mate doesn\u2019t score them, and the statistic isn\u2019t even a third of the truth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe simply has to get used to the league. I\u2019ve seen him feel completely liberated. He knows what he\u2019s capable of and how things work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot everything has always been handed to him \u2013 he\u2019ll work hard now too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefootballfaithful.com\/centre-backs-out-of-contract-in-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Five top centre-backs out of contract in 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>See more \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefootballfaithful.com\/liverpool-defender-leaves-france-camp-in-potential-injury-concern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool defender leaves France camp in potential injury concern<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow The Football Faithful on Social Media:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FootyFaithful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefootballfaithfuldotcom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootyFaithful_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUgN0WQEhxRbfTdlbkEG7zQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thefootballfaithful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">TikTok<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann has backed Florian Wirtz to succeed at Liverpool, following his high-profile move to Anfield.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,2912,1824,57563,162492,179,101],"class_list":{"0":"post-493279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-florian-wirtz","11":"tag-germany","12":"tag-julian-nagelsmann","13":"tag-latest-liverpool-news","14":"tag-liverpool","15":"tag-premier-league"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115360577968903586","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493279","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=493279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}