Overview
- This week Liverpool sources and multiple reports said the club’s clear preference is to keep Wirtz and continue his integration under new coach Andoni Iraola.
- Wirtz has struggled to reproduce his Leverkusen form at Anfield with one assist in six appearances this season and low end-product figures that have intensified scrutiny.
- Pundits and former players are divided over his future, with voices urging patience and others calling for him to be dropped or reassessed.
- Bayern Munich are regularly named as a possible suitor but German reporter Christian Falk and other outlets say there is no active Bayern approach and any move would depend on separate business such as Michael Olise.
- Wirtz is under contract until 2030, which gives Liverpool time and leverage to develop him but also raises pressure on the player to improve quickly or prompt harder decisions from the club.