Overview

• The record signing from Bayer Leverkusen has made a slow statistical start with no Premier League goal or assist, even as Liverpool have opened the season with five wins from five.
• Speaking to Sky Germany, Wirtz said he is staying calm, accepts he wants more output, and believes his quality will show with time.
• Sky reporter Sebastian Hellmann conveyed Klopp’s advice to Wirtz to “stay cool” and the reassurance that “people give you time” at Liverpool.
• Wirtz was benched for the Merseyside derby and left out of the Carabao Cup win over Southampton, prompting scrutiny of his current role under Arne Slot.
• Bayern board member Karl‑Heinz Rummenigge said missing out on Wirtz still hurts and claimed the player would have been better off at Bayern than at Liverpool.