by There is no need to normalize what Florian Wirtz is achieving. At 20 years old, He is the player with the most assists in the major leagues so far this season with 15 assists on goals. He has also scored eight goals. He participates in a goal for his team every 88 minutes. But the most impressive thing about all this is that his impact, of incalculable magnitude, goes far beyond his numbers.
In a time when everything is quantified, measured or labeled, Florian Wirtz has managed to escape all that.. His football devastates wherever it goes, even ‘eating’ time. He has made us forget in record time an injury that has buried careers and prematurely ‘killed’ great promises. He spent 10 months without playing due to a torn cruciate ligament. He returned a little over a year ago, and now he himself is one of the best players on the planet.
Play like it’s never been broken. Since he returned, on January 22, 2023, he has scored 13 goals and distributed 23 assists in 43 starts and has accumulated 30 games without losing. It is being totally key in the success of a Bayer Leverkusen that falls in love. With options to dethrone Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga after eleven years of dominance, in the semi-finals of the German Cup and with the Europa League between their eyebrows, the season of Xabi Alonso’s team could be much more than historic.
THE GREAT TREASURE OF XABI ALONSO
Last Tuesday, against Stuttgart, in the quarterfinals of the Cup, the team took on their backs to get a ticket to the semifinals.. Double assists and a display that confirms him, once again, as one of the best talents that Germany has produced in recent decades.
Xabi Alonso’s management with Florian Wirtz is being impeccable / @bayer04_es
Through pure talent, competitiveness and vision of the game, we are facing a phenomenon that has everything necessary to mark an era.. He does not have the media attention of other ‘pearls’, but his maturity and impact on his team should place him several steps above the consideration in which he is held. Xabi Alonso is aware of the treasure he has in his hands, and he takes care of it properly.
Wirtz is one of those players who is up to the task of carrying the ’10’ on his back. With the ability to destroy rivals’ defensive systems through his way of reading the game, he encapsulates dribbling, magic, vision, last pass, unlimited creativity… He also ensures figures, based on his great shot or his enviable passing.
Florian Wirtz, during the Cup match against Stuttgart / @bayer04fussball
He shines with the role of facilitating the German team’s plays, although he also finishes them wonderfully. It flows through the field. And the responsibility of leading a team that has not played metal since 1993 does not weigh on him. and that has the option of winning the first league in its history.
A GENERATIONAL TALENT
Scam contract until June 30, 2027 and a market value of 100 million eurosAccording to ‘Transfermarkt’, the next step he takes in his career will be transcendental. He will leave the ‘aspirins’ team sooner rather than later, leaving an astronomical amount in the coffers of the German club, and The team that is lucky enough to incorporate him will have a generational talent on its roster.
As always in these cases, only time knows what will happen to one of the most special players in Europe. However, If anyone has shown that he is capable of playing with time as he pleases, it is Florian Wirtz.
