Florian Wirtz is a significant doubt for Liverpool’s Premier League journey to Wolves on Tuesday, supervisor Arne Slot has defined in an replace on the midfielder’s again harm.
Germany worldwide Wirtz missed the Reds’ 5-2 dwelling win over West Ham on Saturday and their 1-0 victory at Nottingham Forest six days earlier.
Right here’s what Slot needed to say as he ready his group for 2 matches towards the underside aspect at Molineux in 4 days.
A standout efficiency from Florian Wirtz towards Wolves 💫 pic.twitter.com/LT9jsIrPOB
— Premier League (@premierleague) December 27, 2025
Florian Wirtz harm: Timescale ‘subsequent week’
“Tomorrow will in all probability come too quickly and perhaps the sport on the weekend, as nicely,” Slot replied when he was requested about Wirtz’s availability on Monday.
“Let’s see. We hope to have him again subsequent week – perhaps earlier, perhaps a bit later, however that timescale.”
Meaning Wirtz may return for the primary leg of the Champions League final 16 at Galatasaray on March 10. Liverpool additionally host Tottenham within the Premier League 5 days later.
How a lot will Liverpool miss Florian Wirtz? Stats, targets
Wirtz made a gradual begin following his £116 million arrival from Bayer Leverkusen in June on a five-year deal, failing to supply a objective or help in his first 12 league appearances.
The 22-year-old was in high-quality kind earlier than his harm, recording 10 direct objective involvements in 15 appearances in all competitions after opening his account for the membership of their 2-1 dwelling win over Wolves on December 27.
The 2025 German Footballer of the Yr was named in Liverpool’s group at Forest however sustained the difficulty in the course of the warm-ups.
Liverpool had been anticipating lots of their targets this season to come back from £125m report signing Alexander Isaokay, however the Sweden striker is recovering from a damaged leg.
Hugo Ekitike is their main marksman with 15 targets in all competitions. Mohamed Salah was final season’s Premier League high scorer however has netted solely seven instances in 2025/26.
Listed here are Liverpool’s high scorers this season. Ekitike additionally scored of their Neighborhood Defend defeat to Crystal Palace.
| Participant | Premier League | Champions League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Complete targets |
| Hugo Ekitike | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Cody Gakpo | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Dominik Szoboszlai | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Mohamed Salah | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Florian Wirtz | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
What’s subsequent for Liverpool? Fixtures, schedule
Liverpool will transfer fourth within the table above Aston Villa in the event that they beat Wolves, who received 2-0 at dwelling to the Villans on Friday.
They then face the identical fixture within the FA Cup fifth spherical earlier than resuming their Champions League marketing campaign in Istanbul.
| Date | Opponents | Competitors | GMT | ET | PT |
| Mar 3 | Wolves (A) | Premier League | 20:15 | 15:15 | 12:15 |
| Mar 6 | Wolves (A) | FA Cup | 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 |
| Mar 10 | Galatasaray (A) | Champions League | 17:45 | 13:45 | 10:45 |
| Mar 15 | Tottenham (H) | Premier League | 16:30 | 12:30 | 09:30 |
| Mar 18 | Galatasaray (H) | Champions League | 20:00 | 16:00 | 13:00 |
| Mar 21 | Brighton (A) | Premier League | 12:30 | 08:30 | 05:30 |
