Florian Wirtz can "help Liverpool start a dynasty" following his £116m move from Bayer Leverkusen, according to one former Manchester United star
KIRKBY, ENGLAND - JUNE 20: (THE SUN OUT, THE SUN ON SUNDAY OUT) Florian Wirtz is unveiled as a Liverpool player after his signing at AXA Training Centre on June 20, 2025 in Kirkby, England. (Photo by Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
Florian Wirtz is unveiled as a Liverpool player after his signing from Bayer Leverkusen
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Florian Wirtz can "help Liverpool start a dynasty" following his £116m move from Bayer Leverkusen. That's according to former Manchester United star Teddy Sheringham.
Wirtz completed his transfer to Liverpool for a club-record fee from Bayer Leverkusen earlier this month after making it clear to all interested parties, including Bayern Munich and Manchester City, that he wanted to move to the Premier League champions in May.
The 22-year-old signed a five-year deal after completing his medical. And Sheringham, who won three Premier League titles while at Old Trafford, thinks Wirtz will be coming into a finely-tuned squad at Anfield, making it easier for him to show why he was one of the most coveted young players in Europe earlier this summer.
"He’s coming to a top team," Sheringham told Racing Tipster. "[They are] playing at the top or near the top of their game. They won the league at a canter last year. I fully expect them to be right back up there again next year, and Wirtz just enhances their whole situation.
"He’ll have a solid situation playing behind him with the back four and the goalkeeper. There’s strong midfielders alongside him from day one, and he’s got players up front like Mo Salah, who’ll turn his service into goals.
"He’ll fit right in there, and I think he can help Liverpool start a dynasty in England the same way United did in the 1990s and 2000s, and the same way City did over the last decade or so. I think they’ve learned from being on top in the 70s and 80s, then losing that stature. Now, they’re ready to get it back and I think they have all the tools."
Liverpool's record-breaking summer spend, which currently sits at close to £215m, inclusive of the £29m agreement struck last year to see Giorgi Mamardashvili move in July, and Sheringham has also tipped £40m Milos Kerkez to be a hit at left-back following his arrival from Bournemouth.
Sheringham added: "I hear big things about Kerkez. But while there was a bit of talk about (Andy) Robertson having a tough time last year, whenever I saw him, he seemed to be doing quite nicely. And they’re both playing in a top team.
"There’ll be a few questions about them getting Kerkez and keeping Robertson, and Kerkez cost about £40 million so they will want to play him.
"Robertson’s 31 now, and left-backs are left-backs so I don’t think moving him around while Kerkez plays at left-back will work. Left-backs cannot play anywhere else. That is what they’ve done all their life.
"They can do a bit of defending and get forward a bit as well, but that left-hand side is all they know. You see some right-footers like Phil Neville, Denis Irwin, play at left-back and cover on the right-side, but that won’t be the case for Robertson.
"You never ever, ever, ever get a left-back going to play right-back. It's. It's like you're telling them to play tiddlywinks instead of playing football! They would not have a clue what to do playing right-back.
"They'd be facing the wrong way, they would see that touch line and want to get it on their left foot. And if they put him onto the right foot, he'd turn him around and then he'd feel comfortable facing the wrong way. I'm telling you, he cannot play right back."