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The current big thing: Florian Wurz continues to break records at 18
The Bayer Leverkusen midfielder is close to Lewandowski with 3 goals and 4 assists in 291 minutes in the Bundesliga this season.
Already at a young age he is the leading player of his team, won the young Euros and has already made three appearances in the German senior.
Wirtz continues the meteoric path forward
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Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 4:00 p.m.
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Ilash Moriba, Yoshko Gabardiol, Brian Brovery, Jude Blingham, Joe Reina, Odilon Cosono, Jamal Musiala and Florian Wirz. These are the eight Bundesliga players nominated for the Golden Boy title, which is the title that has been awarded since 2003 and given to the outstanding young player in Europe.
The German league, from which last year's winner (Arling Holland) also emerged, is thus the most represented league among the leagues on the list of candidates, followed by the French league with seven players, the Premier League with six, the league with five and the Italian league with only three. There are a total of 40 degree applicants.
If there is anyone who builds a strong case for winning and if not for winning then probably a very high place on the list is Florian Wurz.
Bayer Leverkusen's attacking midfielder cooked up his side's second goal and scored the third with ten players in a 1-3 draw against Stuttgart away on Sunday.
He started the season with four league goals and three assists in just 291 minutes, meaning direct involvement in the goal every 41 minutes (in Germany goals and assists count together, so Wirtz is currently close to Robert Lewandowski with direct involvement in 7 goals).
The game against Stuttgart was the third in a row in which the 18-year-old talent both conquers and cooks in the league.
In the Europa League, too, Wirtz found the net in a 2-1 draw against Ferencvaros.
The contact celebrated 18 only in May and has already managed to win the young German team in the Euro summer and record three appearances in the senior team, all in the last game window of the World Cup qualifiers.
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Direct involvement in 7 goals in just 291 minutes.
Wirtz (Photo: Reuters)
The one who talked about him after being called up to the team was ex Leverkusen and Chelsea player Kai Haberz, who said: "Florian Wurz deserves to be here with the team because he had a great season. I think winning the Euros for young teams will also help him develop a lot. "For things at a very young age. For him, the best thing is to get into things slowly."
"He's a bit cheeky, but in a positive sense, he always leads the team and shows how an 18-year-old player has to deal mentally in the Bundesliga. I take his hat off to him."
For years Leverkusen was considered a soft team that collapses when things do not go and that is exactly why they brought Robert Andrei from Union Berlin.
Andrei also scored, but was also sent off against Stuttgart, and whoever was there to lead with an aggressive approach the team, which was left with ten players from the 32nd minute and with only a 1: 2 advantage from the 37th minute, the victory was Wirtz.
"It was fascinating to see how he leads the team and how hard he works at the front," complimented young midfielder Jonathan Te.
Coach Gerardo Sauna spoke of Wirtz's ability to take advantage of situations wisely and the instincts he has: "If he has a chance and he can take advantage of his speed, then he makes good decisions and keeps his freezing composure despite his young age. He deserves credit for that" and Radecki He concluded: "He is a very important player for us, the most important thing is that he stays with his feet on the ground."
The comparisons to it are understandable.
Habaretz (Photo: Reuters)
A number of Premier League teams as well as Bayern Munich have already expressed interest in Wurz, but he currently holds a contract at Leverkusen until June 2026 with no exit clauses and the club have no intention of selling him this coming summer.
"My mom recently showed me something I wrote when I was in elementary school when I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, the only thing that was written there was this: footballer," Wirtz said in an interview with Leverkusen's official website. Balloons, balls and everything that was in the house, there were a lot of things that flew with us. "It doesn't excite me, I still go to the park with friends in the afternoon if the Corona regulations allow it and I spend just like I spent before I was an actor. It's something that will never change."
Wurz, who has been leading the Bundesliga in cooking with four of them since the start of the season (three of them for Patrick Schick), said in this interview: "The thing I need to improve is the last ball, it's the most important delivery in football. "I have to try it under pressure. I dream big and want to win every possible degree." In addition, the contact was asked about the comparisons to Kai Habertz and said: "These are unpleasant comparisons sometimes, especially when you are 16 or 17. I always thought that Kai must be saying to himself: 'Why do you compare such a little guy to me?'. It was strange because everything suddenly exploded in the media Although they barely knew me or saw me play, but I always got along well with him. "
Peter Boss, who coached Wirtz at Leverkusen until he was fired last season, said "Kai Haberz is one who plays the piano and Florian Wirtz is one of the streets."
Wurz said of it: "He probably meant Kai playing elegantly. I'm not necessarily less elegant, but I'm probably doing a little more dribbles and drills and I'm cheeky."
A family that lives and breathes football.
Florian Wurz with his sister Juliana and his parents (Photo: Official website, Bayer Leverkusen website)
Wirtz, as Michael Yochin wrote here in the past, comes from a glorious football family.
The midfielder's father, who still lives with his parents, has coached him in the children's team Grun Weiss Braviler and his sister Juliana has been playing in the Bayer Leverkusen women's team since 2018, one of the triggers that helped the club attach him from FC.
Cologne from the neighboring town.
The fact that he left F.C.
Cologne, which is considered a bigger club than Leverkusen in terms of audience, tradition and city size, did not upset his friends, some of whom were ardent Cologne fans, or at least they did not show it to him.
"We never talked about it in my close circle of friends. My parents and my friends supported me even when I took a step that got mixed reactions in the media. All the people I care about told me to go my own way."
Now it only remains to be seen where Wirtz's path will take him, Bayer Leverkusen, the German national team and in the future probably also one of the biggest teams in Europe.
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