On Sky Sports podcast, Carragher criticized German player Wirtz.

Carragher said: "I've always criticized his statistics, which aren't quite good enough. However, usually when you watch Wirtz play, you feel he moves tidily and controls the ball well. There are things to like; he often manages to escape from tight spaces where you'd expect a player to lose possession.

"But what concerns me is that I don't think Wirtz has just declined since arriving at Liverpool. In fact, I think what we're seeing now might be his true level. I started having concerns about Wirtz around 12 months ago.

"It was probably too early to say at the time, but I didn't voice that thought—I just kept it to myself. I was commentating on Liverpool's away match against Burnley, which Liverpool won with a late penalty from Salah. Watching that game, what went through my mind was what I've observed over the last 12 months. I can't see how he could really hurt the opposition. He just moves tidily and plays clean football. To a certain extent, a player like that might only be worth half of what Liverpool originally paid. The problem Wirtz faces now is that, so far, his performances—or what he's delivered to Liverpool—have been too little.

"We expected him to help Liverpool win the league title again and compete for the Champions League. But if he's to come close to proving the expectations people had for him, the gap he needs to close is too large; it will be difficult to make up. Even if he improves later, he might still not reach the level Liverpool originally thought they'd get."

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