Liverpool have signed a NEW winger without everyone noticing

Richard Hughes brought in a new winger without the media and the club’s fans realising during the summer window.  

There’s a lot of talk about the club’s potential pursuit of Antoine Semenyo. The Bournemouth winger seems to be available in the January transfer window and he’s pretty much everything Liverpool look for in attacker.

Semenyo is fast, two-footed and he works tirelessly off the ball. On top of that he’s versatile, capable of playing across the front three. He’s the epitome of the quintessential Liverpool attacker.

But there are some rightly questioning whether he is exactly what Liverpool need right now.

The reality is that there are further issues to solve at the back and in midfield. Signing a left-winger right now feels like a luxury.

Especially just as another player at the club is starting to confirm that he may not be an attacking midfielder but a left-winger as well.

We’re talking about Florian Wirtz, of course. Liverpool signed him as the club’s future and present no.10.

In the summer he was billed as the ‘upgrade’ for Dominik Szoboszlai. This hasn’t quite turned out in the way many expected it. Szoboszlai has maintained his role whereas Wirtz has struggled to adjust to life in England.

But that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s not going to work out for him at the club.

Wirtz is young and sometimes players need time to adjust. It’s also important to acknowledge that perhaps the best role for him isn’t as a no.10.

Right now, in the system, he may be a much better player on the left-wing.

His performances for Germany’s senior national team in the November international break should be confirmation of that.

In both of Germany’s matches Wirtz started on the left-wing, he created the most chances (5) in the first game and then registered two assists in the second.

Wirtz’s performance in both games was very impressive. Yes, the sides weren’t the greatest. But it’s obvious that he is so much more comfortable coming off the left and cutting into the middle.

This is his best role and now that it’s becoming apparent, it’s also becoming apparent that Liverpool signed a new winger without even realising it in the summer.

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