Arne Slot has rubbished Arsene Wenger’s claim that the £116million signing of Florian Wirtz has ‘destroyed’ his Liverpool team.

As part of a massive summer spending spree, Slot broke the British transfer record to sign Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen – a record since surpassed by Alexander Isak’s £125m move to Anfield.

However, few of Liverpool’s summer arrivals are performing well, with attacking midfielder Wirtz coming under intense scrutiny having recorded no goals and just three assists in his first 15 appearances.

Moreover, it seems Slot does not fully trust the German international, starting him in just two of the last six Premier League games and reverting back to his tried and trusted midfield three.

Recently, Wenger slammed the signing, with the Reds losing six of seven games befo

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