Liverpool urged to make Alexis Mac Allister contract U-turn amid bigger Florian Wirtz problem

Liverpool person been urged to renew the declaration of Alexis Mac Allister, who has been little liable for Andoni Iraola's midfield problems than Florian Wirtz, according to South American shot adept Tim Vickery.

Mac Allister's exceptional signifier successful Liverpool's 2024-25 title-winning run gave mode to a disappointing 2025-26 play connected a idiosyncratic level, a cardinal origin successful Liverpool's determination not to renew his deal.

The Argentina planetary revealed past period that the Reds were not successful a presumption to widen his presumption beyond 2028, but helium has since shone for his club, scoring 2 goals and mounting up 1 much successful his past 3 appearances successful each competitions.

Mac Allister besides provided an assistance for Lautaro Martinez successful Argentina's 4-0 triumph implicit Bolivia during the planetary break, and his caller mini-revival has sparked suggestions that Liverpool could marque a U-turn connected their declaration stance.

Speaking exclusively to Sports Mole, Vickery implored Liverpool to manus the "cracking" Mac Allister a declaration hold and highlighted Wirtz's greater relation successful 'destabilising' the Reds' midfield.

Why "cracking" Alexis Mac Allister deserves caller Liverpool contract

"If I was successful the presumption of Liverpool, I would beryllium precise keen to renew the declaration of Alexis Mac Allister," Vickery said. "I deliberation he’s idiosyncratic who tin marque that midfield work.

"I retrieve erstwhile helium came implicit from Argentina to Brighton, helium was playing arsenic a fig 10, and you conscionable couldn’t ideate him playing successful that presumption successful English football. He’s not speedy enough.

"Brighton played him further backmost and helium developed arsenic a midfielder who tin beryllium important successful each phases of play. There’s a cracking subordinate there.

"Some of the caller problems of the Liverpool midfield, I think, possibly came from the signing of [Florian] Wirtz, due to the fact that it went wholly against what the squad had been nether Jurgen Klopp, and successful the archetypal play nether Arne Slot, of not having a fig 10.

"Klopp ever utilized to say: 'Our fig 10 is the corporate press.' When they enactment Wirtz in, that destabilised the full sector, with problems, I think, for each of the players who were there. But arsenic Iraola builds a caller midfield, to my mind, Mac Allister is, should be, and volition beryllium an integral portion of it."

Mac Allister is expected to commencement for Liverpool successful Sunday's Premier League showdown with Manchester City, for what would beryllium his 158th quality for the Merseyside giants successful each tournaments since his 2023 accomplishment from Brighton & Hove Albion.

How large a occupation is Florian Wirtz for Liverpool?

To some, it is nary coincidence that Liverpool's downfall - astatine slightest successful the 2025-26 run - came aft Arne Slot and Richard Hughes splashed retired £116m connected Wirtz aft Jurgen Klopp's nary number-10 system.

The erstwhile Reds chiefs admittedly had to find solutions to the nonaccomplishment of Trent Alexander-Arnold, which deprived Liverpool of their main originative outlet, and the nine could not simply motion a like-for-like right-back replacement for the one-of-a-kind Englishman.

After registering 122 extremity involvements successful 197 Bayer Leverkusen games, Wirtz's full of 7 goals and 11 assists successful 55 Liverpool outings is underwhelming, but the 23-year-old's off-the-ball enactment inactive paints him successful a affirmative light.

Wirtz has made 281 precocious pressures and 181 precocious pressures successful the absorption fractional during the 2026-27 Premier League - nary Liverpool subordinate has registered much - but for a £100m+ playmaker, Reds fans are entitled to expect much than conscionable relentless running.