Overview

• Serge Gnabry said he is certain Florian Wirtz will come good at Liverpool and suggested the World Cup qualifiers could arrive at the right time for him.
• Wirtz has zero goals and zero assists after seven Premier League matches and has been tagged "007" in England.
• Germany host Luxembourg on Friday in Sinsheim before playing Northern Ireland on Monday in Belfast, and Wirtz scored a free kick for Germany in September.
• Per Opta, no Premier League player has set up more shots across all competitions this season than Wirtz, who has 22 in 10 appearances.
• Analysts and DFB figures cite role adjustment and Liverpool’s finishing issues—27 big chances missed, with teammates responsible for most—as reasons to be patient, with Rudi Völler noting Wirtz is being used differently than at Leverkusen.