Jaime Carragher exposes key Liverpool structural issue as Dominik Szoboszlai point made
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Former Liverpool defender Jaime Carragher has been quite critical following Mohamed Salah's departure in the summer and has singled out - Florian Wirtz.Carragher has started his campaign of criticism against Wirtz following Liverpool's 2-2 draw against Newcastle on Sunday, where a late penalty from Dominik Szoboszlai saved Liverpool a point.During Monday Night Football, Carragher claimed:"What to do with Wirtz? This thing that it takes players a year to settle in the Premier League, I think is a bit of a myth.""When I see people say he’s got to be number 10, that means Szoboszlai has to be in the team in central-midfield.
He is not a central-midfield player.""I don’t see where he [Wirtz] fits in at all… you can’t keep going with it."Liverpool's number 7 will know better than anyone that his debut season in the Premier League was disappointing - but considering the context that surrounded the season, it's not a surprise that the club as a whole struggled last year.What is interesting about Carragher's comments is that Szoboszlai himself said to Liverpudlian for CBS Sports in November 2025 that his "favourite position is actually a little bit maybe deeper," - contradicting the 48 year old.The former Liverpool defender's comments come at a time where the club is undergoing a change, both on and off the pitch. Where has this patience gone?“No we’ll wait we’ll wait, don’t worry.” Until it’s the first MNF of the season and you’ve got a chance to get clips on socials okay pal pic.twitter.com/KpamD0VeX6— george (@GE0RGINIO) August 24, 2026During MNF, the pundit continued:"Liverpool need someone alongside [Ryan] Gravenberch."" It doesn't necessarily need to be a player who can't get on the ball and he's just tackling and stopping players.
But, shooting positions from deep, or situations where he can come onto the ball, are better suited to late runs that he can make from central midfield, not in the 10.Liverpool's ex-number 23 added:"Liverpool last season conceded 78 goals in the season. The former centre-back's further comments on MNF about Liverpool's summer spending last year as "arguably the worst transfer window in Premier League history" also do not help.