Negative noise grows around Florian Virza.

Liverpool’s summer newcomer, purchased for £ 116 million ($ 156 million at the current rate), failed to justify the expectations of fans immediately. After two days in a row, there have been even greater questions about his game in the matches of Krystal Peles and Galatasaraya in the last six days.

At the beginning of the week former Captain of the England Wayne Runei in his podcast on BBC stated that he believes: VIRC “actually harms the balance” In the game of the team of Arne Slot. Liverpool Jamie Carrager even suggested that he leave a 22-year-old playmaker outside the starting composition.

“He is not in his form at all, Said Carrager on the American TV channel CBS on Tuesday (30.09). – This is a young guy who came to a new league, and he has a lot of time ahead of the Liverpool player. But now, in my opinion, he should sit on a bench for spare, and Liverpool needs to return to last year’s style and gain confidence again. “

In part, the Viec was a victim of their own transfer price tag: players who go for a record for Britain should show the result immediately, even if they are young, change the country and get used to the new team and league.

The Virz himself said that he was not concerned with his own transfer, but his slow start was a topic for criticism until Liverpool went to the winning series in the first five matches of the season – albeit and not always convincingly – with him in the starting line. But after the last two defeats, he naturally got under the sight.

In the game against Crystal Peles on Saturday, he came out on the left flank of the attack with a free role for shifting to the center – a rare and noticeable tactical experiment of a slot that did not work and ended in a defeat 1: 2. And three days later in Turkey, in the Champions League, the German returned to their favorite position “dozens”, but again found himself among those who have failed.

However, his speeches cannot be called uniquely failure. There were also moments when the class of the Vija manifested itself – especially in the home victory over Atletico 3: 2 in the Champions League last month. But at the same time, long -term intervals of matches occurred when it just disappeared from the game.

For example, he gave several brilliant gears against Galatasaray and created two of the few Liverpool in the second half of the loose match with a score of 0: 1.

At first he brought Alexander Isaac to a shock position, but he was too hurried with a blow …

… And then he found Connor Bradley thanks to the flank canopy, but the right defender failed to hit the gate.

Also in the August match for the Super Bowl of England, the Viets gave a goal pass on a youth, but in official games it became a symbol of the joke “007” on social networks – because in the first seven mattresses for Liverpool, he had zero heads and zero of assistants (and now the series).

If you look closely at the German match, each of them had moments to interrupt this series.

In all the tournaments this season, including the APL Champions match against the winners of the England Cup on Wemiblib, Vic has created a 21 goal opportunity. Among the players of the Premier League, the same number has only Jack Grilish from Everton (rented with Manchester City).

For example, Mohammed Salah hit a rack after the transmission of the Viets in a game of athlete, although a player of such a high level should realize similar moments.

Earlier in the same game, after class interaction with Isaac – this connection worked throughout the match – Jeremy Frimpong wasted a great moment to make the score 3-0 in favor of Liverpool.

The Virz himself also had to score after the transfer of Dominic Sosososososhlai in a visiting match against Kristal Peles.

The problem is that although Vic is actively involved in the game, the impression is that it is not truly effective in the Red camp.

17 The moments he created in the Premier League and the Champions League are at the end equal to the expected assistants (XA) only 1.4-that is, it does not create enough qualitative opportunities for heads.

When you consider the statistics in more detail, only 10 out of 21 the opportunities he has in the Premier League. Seven of those 21 arose for an open game – as much as he created only for two Champions League matches.

This emphasizes once again that Vic is still fighting adaptation to the new league.

The German is difficult to physical fight against rivals in England. Too often it is easy to push from the ball or it delays a blow in a prospective position that allows the defenders to block try. It is a completely different type of “tens” than Dominic Sososlai, which he has replaced in this position: Virz actively works in many sections of the field, but does not have the same physical power as the Hungarian.

Last season, the leaders of the pressing in Liverpool were Luis Dias (playing in the positions of “Nine”) and Soslai (as “ten”). Now this front two has changed: Dias went to Bavaria in the summer, and the Viets, along with the newcomers Isaac and Ekitica, is just getting used to the Liverpool working without the ball. This affects the overall structure of the game and partially explains the problems in the defense.

The bad form of the Viece is not the only reason why Liverpool is far from optimal. In the attack, the team lacks play: neither Mohammed Salah nor Hacpo code is not close to the peak form, and Isaac is still gaining conditioning after missing all the off -season before his late Newcastle transfer.

Behind the German Ryan Graveneberh demonstrates a good game, but his partner in the center Alexis McAllylist is on the dowry. Argentine is perhaps the most important player of Liverpool in the center of the field, because it is the pace, but since April has never played a full match and now far from the optimal shape.

The VIRC is an active player: he is constantly moving, looking for space. But after leaving Bayer, adaptation is a process that applies not only to him, but also to new teammates, who also have to get used to his style, find game communication.

Here is an example from the beginning of the second half of the match against Crystal Peles – it is in such positions of Liverpool and wants to bring out a value German …

… But there were many moments when he never received a transmission in such areas. The number of touches the ball on average in 90 minutes of this season has decreased markedly compared to the 2024/25 campaign in Bayer, even with a relatively small career distance in England. It is difficult to say whether it is a problem that partners do not look for it on the field, whether they are afraid of losses due to the small dimensions of Florian (176 cm), which makes it more vulnerable in martial arts.

Also, the touches of the Viece are distributed in the field much wider than the typical “dozens” (if such are still in modern football at this level), and are significantly different from how it acted in Levercusen. As the graphics shows, almost all the creativity of the Viek in Liverpool And it took place from the left flank.

The best Viez looked when he got free space (Oh, everyone loves him – not only Michael Mudrik or Gabriel Martinelli).

In the second half against the arsenal and Bernley, as well as in the match with Athletico, he opened when he could push the ball forward in fast transitions. Twice against the “canonicals” promising attacks disappeared due to the unsuccessful touches of Salah – as here …

… And here:

After the best game of Virz in Liverpool at the moment, against Atletico Madrid, the head coach of the Merceda Arne Slot explained why patience is a key factor.

“I see that he gradually becomes physically more prepared and is increasingly adapting to our game, Said the Dutch specialist. – And that’s normal. It takes time to adjust. We all know how high -quality Florian is, but sometimes people forget that he is only 22, and this is his first experience of playing abroad. All life changes: things that have been familiar are completely different, and it also selects energy.

Combine this with the transition to a new club, to a new scheme of the game, because Bayer played in 3-4-3, and we act for 4-3-3 and require more work without a ball and in defense. But I see how he grows, and I think it is what it is worth expecting from a player of this level – he will always adapt. Both he and the team will become better. “

Another problem is the lack of stability: both the position of the Viece and the composition around it. In addition, he is not the only newcomer who is still looking for himself – Frimpong, Kerkez and Isaac also started not too well on Anfield. The greatest success among Liverpool’s elderly newcomers is now from whom, perhaps, the least of this was waiting for the overwhelming number of APL lovers – in South Equate.

It was stability that was the key to Liverpool’s success last season on the way to the championship. Now, when the slot is trying to rebuild the team for itself (because last year’s Liverpool still needs to be perceived as a team of Klopp), mutual understanding is only formed. This is a transitional stage from one identity to another: Viec in this process is a central figure. But patience is required.

Look from Germany: Liverpool takes time to tune in to the genius of the Viez

In addition to the obvious factors-the highest level of rivals in the Premier League-the main difference between the play of Florian Vija in Levercusen and in Liverpool is what is happening around him.

In its last two years in Germany, “Pharmacists have been a well -structured team, built with its strengths. The forwards in front of him – Patrick Shik or Victor Bonfeys – were” drifting nine “with dozens”, capable of combining with it.

The midfielders behind, led by Granite Jacques, were well -forwarded – quickly and in those areas where Vic was most dangerous. Add the dynamic wingbecks of Alejandro Grimaldo and Jeremy Frimpong (who now also plays with him on Endfield), which stretched the defense of the opponents over the entire width of the field, but at the same time had enough variety in the game to create different types of threats.

Together, all parts of that team gave the belt space, support and protection.

Liverpool of individual skills is much more than Levercuse, but the team has not yet tuned to his game as harmonious. This sounds contradictory, because for that amount they usually buy a “Protagonist” – a player who is able to solve matches regardless of tactical integrity and rhythm. But in modern football such “solo-artists” there is practically no. At least they exist at all in the form as it was once.

Even in the period of its heyday in Levercusen, the shape of the Viez was the result of the command structure – the circulation of the ball and movement in the attack. In addition, he played in a much more “transit” league, where opponents were more pressed and counterattack, which better corresponded to his aggressive attack instincts.

The same could be observed in the German national team. The Viez often performed well, but even then it was a “diluted” version of his club form by Habi Alonso. In these matches, he had more hesitation, less freedom – and this is now felt in his starting segment for Liverpool.

I wonder how often it gets the ball as if from a “dead point”. He still persistently searches for the space between the lines, actively moves, but his actions with the ball look more static and fragmentary, appear as if in isolation, not as a natural part of the team game.

His new team does not “flow” through it as the previous one. But this will certainly change (if old problems with “crosses” inadvertently make themselves known). Because Florian is too talented to not succeed, and Arne Slot is too qualified coach.

But it is not surprising that in the new, not yet fully coordinated version of Liverpool of the 20125/26 season, the Viets is not glowing.

According to The Athletic