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\n\t\tArne Slot was not happy with the criticism of one of his summer signings (Photo: YouTube)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tArne Slot was not happy with the criticism of one of his summer signings (Photo: YouTube)<\/p>\n
Arne Slot<\/a> has rubbished Arsene Wenger<\/a>\u2019s claim that the \u00a3116million signing of Florian Wirtz has \u2018destroyed\u2019 his Liverpool team.<\/p>\n As part of a massive summer spending spree, Slot broke the British transfer record to sign Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen \u2013 a record since surpassed by Alexander Isak<\/a>\u2019s \u00a3125m move to Anfield.<\/p>\n However, few of Liverpool\u2019s summer arrivals are performing well, with attacking midfielder Wirtz coming under intense scrutiny having recorded no goals and just three assists in his first 15 appearances.<\/p>\n Moreover, it seems Slot does not fully trust the German international, starting him in just two of the last six Premier League<\/a> games and reverting back to his tried and trusted midfield three.<\/p>\n Recently, Wenger slammed the signing<\/a>, with the Reds losing six of seven games before last week\u2019s wins over Aston Villa<\/a> \u2013 where Wirtz was benched \u2013 and Real Madrid<\/a> \u2013 where he started on the left-wing.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tGet personalised updates on Liverpool every day\t\t\t<\/p>\n Wake up to find news on your club in your inbox every morning with Metro\u2019s Football Newsletter. <\/p>\n Sign up to our newsletter<\/a> and then select your team in the link we\u2019ll send you so we can get football news tailored to you.<\/p>\n \u2018They start him, they destroyed their midfield because their midfield was [Ryan] Gravenberch, [Alexis] Mac Allister and [Dominik] Szoboszlai, to play Wirtz they took Szoboszlai out,\u2019 the legendary Arsenal<\/a> manager said.<\/p>\n \u2018What have they done against Aston Villa? They came back to their normal midfield of last year.<\/p>\n \t\t \u2018[Against Real Madrid] they play Wirtz but Wirtz will play on the side because the manager has said, \u201cif you want to play again you have to play wide because I do not want to disturb the midfield\u201d.<\/p>\n Wirtz did perform better when operating on the flank against Real but Slot insists his signing can deliver in the No.10 role and suggested he had no interest in listening to Wenger\u2019s criticism.<\/p>\n \u2018Everyone has a right to his own opinion and many of them have,\u2019 the manager said in his press conference ahead of Liverpool\u2019s huge clash against Manchester City on Sunday.<\/p>\n \t\t \u2018That is the nice thing about football, that everyone has his opinion about it.<\/p>\n \u2018If I need open-heart surgery, I am not going to tell the surgeon what he needs to do but about football everyone is telling you what the best thing is to do but that is also the nice thing about football because everyone knows it so we can talk about it.<\/p>\n \u2018I think we have five or six very good midfielders who can all play together but they need to play more together to get the best out of every single player.<\/p>\n \u2018Florian, he needs time to adapt to his teammates, teammates need time to adapt to him. But he now played off the left.<\/p>\n \u2018But I can tell you if it is not this season it is the other season or if it is not now it is tomorrow, he will have great performances as a midfielder for Liverpool<\/a> as well. There has been a lot of focus on him individually and I\u2019m more focused on team performance.\u2019<\/p>\n For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Arrow Arrow Arrow![\"Liverpool](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2244779533.jpg\")
\n\t\tFlorian Wirtz has no goals or assists in his first 10 Premier League appearances (Photo: Getty)<\/p>\n![\"Paris](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2217983934.jpg\")
\n\t\tArsene Wenger claimed Slot and Wirtz had \u2018destroyed\u2019 the Liverpool midfield (Photo: Getty)<\/p>\n
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