In a struggle to come up with “positives” surrounding Florian Wirtz grim start to life at Liverpool, former Reds star Steve Nicol has damned the Germany international with faint praise.
Wirtz is yet to score for Liverpool since his £100m move from Bayer Leverkusen and has claimed just two assists.
After the 3-0 defeat to Manchester City on Sunday, Gary Neville claimed he looked like a “little boy” and Nicol, who made 459 appearances for Liverpool, has scraped the barrel in his bid to find plus points at the start of his Anfield career.
“If we are going to put a positive on Florian Wirtz, I would say that number one, he’s kept his mouth shut. He’s not in the papers talking about how he isn’t playing,” he said on ESPN.
“But the other thing I would say is when he actually has been on the field, he hasn’t been hiding.
“He’s looking for the ball, he’s not sulking, not walking around with his tail between his legs, he’s actually trying to get involved and do what he does.
“It just isn’t working right now. But to be fair to him, given how young he is, throw in all the other stuff about the new team and all the rest of it, but he is not hiding and that is really important for the fans, manager and the players around him.”
