Florian Wirtz has not gotten off to a banner start at Liverpool, but former Bayern Munich and German national team star Lothar Matthäus is not ready to bury Wirtz.
“That’s normal after such a big move abroad. But he’s a superb player, he will get used to the Premier League over time and be able to handle the even bigger pressure. I felt the same way at Inter at the beginning. Andi Brehme, whose transfer was rather quiet, performed immediately at Inter. I had to get used to everything, partly due to the media hype
and the higher transfer fee,” said Matthäus told Sky Germany (as captured by @iMiaSanMia).
Wirtz had moments of brilliance during Germany’s 2-0 loss to Slovakia, but did not perform well enough to carry the team on a day where it was struggling. Matthäus thinks the eventual return of Jamal Musiala will help with that.
“You can’t replace Musiala like-for-like. Just like Messi, you can’t replace him. Hopefully he’ll be back soon,” said Matthäus.
Bayern Munich is on break and the German national team got off to a bad start in this round of World Cup qualifiers. Let’s dive into all of that!
This is what we have on tap for this episode of the Bavarian Podcast Works — Weekend Warm-up Show:
- Thomas Müller was back at Bayern Munich this week (already!?)
- Is Germany heading down a bad road after another painful loss?
- Can Julian Nagelsmann get it back on track?
- Who is accountable? Is there accountability at all?
- Should Joshua Kimmich do the right thing and move to right-back (again)?
- Unpacking the Erik ten Hag debacle at Bayer Leverkusen. Sport Bild had a wild story on the situation.
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