Florian Wirtz Opens Up on Liverpool Debut Season, Andoni Iraola and Jürgen Klopp

Florian Wirtz has recently rejoined the Liverpool squad following a holiday after his World Cup dreams ended early at the hands of Paraguay in the Round of 32.

And since he has been back with the first team squad over in the United States, he has been speaking to the media about his first season in Red, his conversations with new manager Andoni Iraola and his thoughts on Germany appointing former LFC Legendary Manager Jurgen Klopp.

Florian Wirtz arrived at Liverpool with expectations sky-high following the completion of a deal that cost the club a potential £116 million, if all the add-ons are met, with many believing that Liverpool had just got their hands on one of Europe's brightest stars.

So it was clear that LFC believed in Wirtz as a player for now and the future, but how did he do in his first season?

Well, he had a very up-and-down season, going through phases of being in form and out of form, which probably wasn't helped by the overall inconsistency of Liverpool last season under Arne Slot. The German playmaker would end up registering seven goals and eight assists across 49 games in all competitions.

This was undoubtedly an underwhelming season for Florian Wirtz and not befitting of the fee Liverpool paid for him, nor the calibre of player that he can be.

And this was something Wirtz admitted himself, while also making clear his excitement going into his second year at Anfield:

There were flashes of brilliance when Wirtz picked up the ball last season, but he struggled with the intensity and physicality of the Premier League, especially in the first half of the season, which will be something that both Andoni Iraola and Florian Wirtz will be hoping to solve going into the new campaign.

Liverpool fans will be hoping that, much like Florian Wirtz himself, season two will be better than season one, and they can start to see why Liverpool paid such a high price for the attacking midfielder.

As previously mentioned, Florian Wirtz never really got going and showed his full ability last season under Arne Slot, but he will be hoping that with a change in the dugout over the summer break, he can come back and have more of an impact on the pitch under new manager Andoni Iraola. 

Wirtz was asked about Iraola and what he made of the Spaniard's comments regarding where he sees Wirtz in his team.

Wirtz has also been quizzed on his opinions on the appointment of Jurgen Klopp as his new National Team Manager, following the dismissal of Julian Nagelsmann.

This shows just how highly thought of Jürgen Klopp is not just within Liverpool, but also within his home country of Germany.

Wirtz, who has never worked with Jürgen Klopp before, clearly can't wait to meet and begin work with the legendary Reds boss when he goes off to international duty in September, with Klopp likely to have Wirtz at the centre of his plans going forward with the national team

And based on what Wirtz has been saying, he is determined to go into that international break in top form for Liverpool, take his game to the next level and prove to Andoni Iraola that he can be the main man for his LFC team next season.