Dietmar Hamann predicts what will happen to Florian Wirtz if Bradley Barcola signs for Liverpool

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10 is the position he sees Florian Wirtz in,” says the Champions League winner.“I think it’s his best position. You’ve got to give him a bit of freedom so that he can drift out to the left or the right and do whatever he wants to do.”READ MORE: How Liverpool’s squad to start the 2026/27 Premier League season compares with last year is startling“It will be important to have a centre-forward ahead of him to occupy defenders and score goals.

Then you also need quick wingers on the flanks.“I think Wirtz’s game always depends, to a certain extent, on having quick players around him because he sees space and he sees a pass which nobody else does, and he needs the players to feed into.“Obviously, that’s why Barcola would be a great signing,” Hamann adds. But I think we will see him more in that number 10 position, and then it’s down to him to show why they paid so much money for him.”Hamann skeptical over Jurgen Klopp’s role in Wirtz revivalAs well as having a better season at Liverpool, Wirtz will be hoping to deliver more for the German national team, with Jurgen Klopp confirmed to be taking charge from September.But while there has been a feeling that Klopp could help to get the best out of Wirtz on the international stage, Hamann says he is not convinced about how much impact the former Liverpool boss can actually have.

Dominik Szoboszlai was the man to beat last season… Photo Credit: Getty Images/Simon Stacpoole/Offside “Florian Wirtz and Jurgen Klopp could be a good partnership, but then again, if he doesn’t perform for Liverpool, he won’t be able to go to the national team and start performing there,” he says.“So, I think he’s got to hit the ground running when the season starts and play well for his club first. If he plays well for Liverpool, he will play well for Germany.“He had the odd game in the spring of last year, I think they played Switzerland where he got a couple of goals and people were saying he looks like a different player for Germany, but I think that was a one-off.“His form has been poor for the last 12 months, and even in the World Cup, it hasn’t been good.