Florian Wirtz: Liverpool attacking midfielder in his own words

What are you doing? What does an ideal day off look like? How do you like to escape football?

– Florian: I love playing padel since summer. I’ve been there a few times with some of the players here.

What are you doing? Who is playing from Liverpool?

– Florian: dominican [Szoboszlai]Milos [Kerkez]… Jeremy [Frimpong] He says he’s fine, but I didn’t see him.

What are you doing? Are you ok?

– Florian: I’m not that good. If you ask the others, I’m better than Jeremie. He definitely knows I’m better than him!

What are you doing? What else do you like to do?

– Florian: I love having a good breakfast. I love breakfast; scrambled eggs, pancakes… I can eat a lot. The nutritionist is very pleased with me because I consume a lot of fuel for the games.

What are you doing? You have breakfast and play padel… is there anything else?

– Florian: Maybe calm down a bit… play PlayStation. I have a dog too – Zoomer… but he’s not after the Paw Patrol. Everyone asks me this.

What are you doing? What’s its name then?

– Florian: Just random.

What are you doing? What were you like when you were young? What kind of child was Florian Wirtz?

– Florian: My family always says I’m very shy and always hide behind my sisters. I was one of 10 people. I am the youngest.

What are you doing? What was it like growing up?

– Florian: Honestly, it’s not that bad because everyone cares about you… you’re the youngest. My mom and dad could come and look after me when they wanted to go out. It’s nice to have so many loved ones at birthdays and Christmas.

What are you doing? I heard you’re not the only football player among your brothers…

– Florian: my sister [Juliane] He plays for Werder Bremen. Brauweiler also played for Cologne and Leverkusen. We played in three clubs at the same time.

What are you doing? What was this like for you?

– Florian: It was nice because sometimes we could go to training together. I’m so proud of him; It’s going well. I’m happy for him because he’s having a very good season with his team.

What are you doing? You’re not in the same club right now, you’re not even in the same country… Are you still talking about football, watching each other’s matches?

– Florian: My sister always wishes me good luck for games and calls or texts me. I try to watch their matches whenever I get the chance. It’s nice that we have the same passions and the same way of thinking about football. I’m happy that he’s a football player, so we have something in common and that’s nice.

What are you doing? If you could achieve just one more thing in your career, what would it be?

– Florian: World champion.

What are you doing? World Cup this summer?

– Florian: It will be difficult but let’s see. We’re all going there to win. It will be difficult but hopefully we can move forward.