Manager Arne Slot’s inability to embed his new signings into the Liverpool team that won the Premier League lasts season has been well reported.
Wirtz, who arrived from Bayer Leverkusen, has been perhaps the most highlighted of those who have arrived. The German international has failed to score a single goal in 16 apperances and has grabbed just 3 assists.
Questions have been raised around the 22-year-old who has the weight of the world on his shoulders at the moment. Speaking to CoinPoker, Hamann has suggested that Wirtz may have to leave on loan to find his best form again, away from Slot.
"Could Florian Wirtz still leave Liverpool on loan in January? Yeah. Obviously with all the help and all the protection from the club and the manager, if you bring somebody in for that amount of money, then maybe he should be the one, even though he's still very young, then maybe you expect him to turn things around.
“I don't think, the way he's playing at the moment, I'm not sure he's capable of doing that. And when I watch him sometimes, you know, thinking, has he lost belief because it is in the Premier League?
“Sometimes when I watch him when he loses possession, I'm thinking maybe it’s because it’s a lot quicker, a lot more physical, as if he were to say: ‘I'm not sure that's for me'. I hope I'm wrong, but this is how it looks to me. Sometimes if it's going on for too long, you know, it's very hard to turn it around."
The 23-year-old has missed the last two games with a muscle injury but has a chance of making it into the squad as they prepare to face West Ham United. Wirtz has to start to impress, or Slot may take rumours of a loan move seriously and find a club more suited to his current talents.