Florian Wirtz - The Football Interview
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s edition of the Football Interview, Kelly Somers speaks to Liverpool midfielder Florian Wirtz. They discuss his introduction to football and when he knew he would pursue a career in the sport. They also get into his breakthrough at Leverkusen aged just 17, becoming the club's youngest player to play in the division. Wirtz also speaks about signing for Liverpool and how he can reach his maximum potential.
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| 0:05.7 | Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, and I'm Ed Gamble, host of another BBC podcast, The Traitors Uncloaked. |
| 0:12.7 | But my show is available only on BBC Sounds, just like Ellis and John's Saturday bonus episodes, |
| 0:18.2 | The Pop Top Ten podcast with Scott Mills and Rylan, and comedy specials |
| 0:22.2 | from the likes of Harriet Kemsley, Susie Ruffle and Rommashranganathan. |
| 0:25.9 | However, and maybe I'm biased, it's really all about the traitors uncoaked. |
| 0:30.3 | So for a whole bunch of exclusive scoops and podcasts, listen only on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.1 | The Football Interview on the Football Daily podcast. |
| 0:41.1 | I'm Kelly Summers and this season I'll be interviewing some of the biggest names in football, |
| 0:45.6 | asking them the questions they don't normally get asked, as I try to find out more about the |
| 0:50.1 | person behind the player. The first half will be on football, the second on life away from the pitch. |
| 0:55.0 | This isn't just any interview, this is the football interview. And today I'm speaking to one of |
| 0:59.4 | Liverpool's big summer signings, Florian Bertz. Well Florian, thank you for your time today. |
| 1:04.0 | Let's try and get to know you a little bit better. Let's start with your first memory of playing football. |
| 1:10.0 | It has to be in my hometown, maybe with my sister on the football pitch. |
| 1:16.6 | What was the first club called? |
| 1:18.6 | I say it in German, okay? |
| 1:21.6 | I'm glad you're going to say it because I read it and I can't say it. |
| 1:24.6 | Green-weiss is green-white, green-white, green-weiser. I'm glad I didn't attempt it because I would have looked say it. Green, white, green white, green, white, green, white, brawl. |
| 1:29.3 | I'm glad I didn't attempt it because I would have looked very silly. |
| 1:32.3 | So was that like your local team? |
| 1:34.3 | Yes. |
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