Tag: playmaker

Florian Wirtz delivers for Liverpool – but is playmaker Andoni Iraola’s great conundrum?
17 October 2026 Off

Florian Wirtz delivers for Liverpool – but is playmaker Andoni Iraola’s great conundrum?

By Total Football News

Wirtz’s strengths are clear.

Following his latest performance, no player has created more chances in the Premier League this season. He is level with Brighton‘s Pascal Gross on 18.

He played in Munoz to begin Liverpool‘s fightback, meaning Wirtz has assisted in back-to-back games for Liverpool across all competitions for the first time – although this was only his second goal involvement in seven league games this term.

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Florian Wirtz: Liverpool finalising deal for Bayer Leverkusen playmaker
11 June 2025 Off

Florian Wirtz: Liverpool finalising deal for Bayer Leverkusen playmaker

By Total Football News

Liverpool’s move for Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Florian Wirtz is at an advanced stage, with the clubs in discussions over the structure of a transfer that could be worth £114m.

The Reds submitted a third formal bid for the Germany playmaker last week, worth £100m guaranteed and a further £14m of add-ons. If completed, it would smash the club’s £75m record signing of captain Virgil van Dijk in 2018.

Sources have

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Giorgi Chakvetadze: ‘Watford playmaker among Championship’s best’
3 April 2025 Off

Giorgi Chakvetadze: ‘Watford playmaker among Championship’s best’

By Total Football News

It’s that time of the year when divisional teams of the season are named and from Watford, Giorgi Chakvetadze is likely to be the only player in contention for a place in that XI.

There have been other solid performers in the Hornets squad, and a few more may have had a chance if they had been playing all season.

But Chakvetadze has consistently delivered across the season. He’s been

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