John Aldridge claims Florian Wirtz ‘reminds’ him of ex-Red who also broke British transfer record

John Aldridge has claimed Florian Wirtz reminds him of former Liverpool ace Peter Beardsley.

Wirtz was signed by the Premier League champions from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer in a deal worth £116m and netted his first goal for the Reds against Wolves on Saturday in what was his 23rd appearance for the club.

Alridge insists the German ‘can build’ on his promising performance against Wolves while admitting the 22-year-old reminds him of Beardsley who was signed by Liverpool for a...