Germany boss Klopp defends Wirtz's Liverpool displays

What happened
Germany head coach Jurgen Klopp has defended under-fire Florian Wirtz's Liverpool performances and hopes the playmaker "can be himself" with the national team. The £116 million ($154 million) signing has struggled to rediscover his Bayer Leverkusen form since moving to Anfield last year but Klopp said there were understandable reasons for that which had not fully been taken into consideration.
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