A FRESH START? 🤔 Darwin Nunez will BENEFIT from Arne Slot at Liverpool - Steve Nicol | ESPN FC

The ESPN FC crew discuss their outlooks for Liverpool forward Darwin Nunez after a lackluster season with the club as Arne Slot is slated to take over as club manager.
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[@Adelplays23]

So im supposed to believe that if Klopp couldn’t get him to his best then Slott will?😂😂😂😂 heard a lot of jokes today but this is up there

[@poolfans]

While he is Uruguay best player since 2023. Don’t overhyped retiring Klopp

[@Adelplays23]

@@poolfans yeah cause valverde and Araujo have been playing ⛳️🏌️‍♂️ right?🤣

[@edwisongogo6326]

He was better in his last Benfica season, with a manager inferior to Klopp on paper...whats your logic?

[@AMRIT-cs2qb]

Fix your stadium water fall 💦

[@reggienaidoo6514]

It's down to bad luck ,yesterday he looked sharp.

[@robertskillen1887]

Never mind Nunez..:Liverpool need to sort out there defence first….when was the last time they kept a clean sheet this season??

[@SigmundAnschutz]

Gaurdiola thinks different.

[@neilbahalnegen]

Unfortunately the title was lost this year thanks to Darwin. His misses counted us huge amount of points. Point blank, no pressure, hits the post of straight at keeper.

[@reggienaidoo6514]

And the misses from Salah and Dias.

[@INNIMA]

@@reggienaidoo6514the amount of times he is offside he is statistically people Liverpools efforts to waist

[@Triple_X_X]

Early this season, Liverpool fans said Nunez was gonna be scary.. little did we know he was rather gonna scare the ball away from hitting the back of the net

[@mikedon5205]

Not really I love how some people come of with the line " Liverpool fans said" no a few said that most were hoping he would a bit like the pundits are saying here

[@CR7_THEGOAT777]

@@mikedon5205 excuses

[@bigjill7205]

They thought he was the next Suarez 😂😂

[@onedon5983]

@next Suarez who taught that 😂

[@Photosoflife]

@bigjill7205 The irony of your comment is Suarez didn’t take off at Liverpool until his 3rd season. Just like Drogba at Chelsea. Lazy comment on your part.

[@jasvirsandhu1158]

😂😂

[@Severussnape09]

@@Photosoflifer u mad . Suarez didn’t take off until his 3rd season ?????????. Who told u that , because certainly you did not watch him 10/11, 11/12,12/13 season

[@Photosoflife]

@@Severussnape09 I’m not mad. Suarez did not take off scoring goals at Liverpool until his 3rd season at the club. Nunez, ironically, has more goals and assists in his first two seasons at Liverpool (33 goals and 17 assists) than Suarez did in his first two seasons (21 goals and 12 assists).

[@Triple_X_X]

Absolutely he'll benefit..as a matter of fact, they'll put their heads together and perfectly slot Liverpool into mid-table

[@UTube-gs1yf]

Absolutely keep Darwin. He is a good option behind Jota, those posters will turn into goals. 18 goals, 15 assists is nothing to sneeze at.

[@happilyeggs4627]

How many chances does he need to score 18 goals? He must miss four or five good chances a game. LFC are top of the table when it comes to making chances for their strikers. It's no good if they can't put the majority of those chances away. A Michael, Robbie Fowler, or an Ian Rush would be knocking in 40 goals a season off these chances.

[@sjsucks673]

Yea how many goals did he score in crucial moments or against top 6?

[@urio7146]

18 Goals and 13 Assists? Is that honestly a bad season?

[@MRBp2024]

Thats all comps. Also some stat pad

[@y2k42y2k42]

In 42 appearances in all comp, 18 goals and 13 assists may seem bad, but what is worse is he has missed 21 plus big chances

[@DickDyerhoea69]

You're third and far off the title race. Watkins and Palmer have impressive numbers as well, hasn't helped them lift anything!

[@eavyeavy2864]

​@@MRBp2024camelnaldo only 18g 0 a

[@eavyeavy2864]

​@@y2k42y2k420 ball knowledge

[@dre22]

If Klopp can’t make him a better player, then it’s almost impossible for the next manager.

[@keonwilliams9938]

That's true there's no argument about that because let's face facts. Darin Neunez is a good player no question. But the truth is, when a new manager comes in, you don't know what you going to get. So they could sit there and talk about Neunez would get better and stuff like that. But they need to understand that it's a 50/50

[@OR-xs7fy]

Yep we saw Quatino after he went Barca

[@edwisongogo6326]

He was better in benfica, so Klopp made him worse?

[@hafertr1235]

@@edwisongogo6326nunez can’t handle the pressure

[@edwisongogo6326]

@@hafertr1235 so its not the manager?

[@cerip2]

He needs to stay onside for a start.

[@nemeking9040]

Liverpool disappointed us yesterday, I can't even talk about those who lose their money on Liverpool from 1-3 win to 3-3 draw this is unimaginable it was simply a disaster

[@TerribleEnglish]

Like with players like Werner, you have to give up on pretending he's a striker. He's very good on the left, leave him there.

[@robertskillen1887]

Get Ian Rush or Robbie Fowler in to train Darwin Nunez how to finish…hard work and practice on the training field will improve his finishing and a little bit of confidence will make all the difference

[@rishikamath6718]

It's the big moments that make or break a striker. If he finishes the big chances, you're talking about him as a striker with goals that's added assists to his game. He's got everything but composure.

[@efootballmerchant]

This is his second season and somehow Jackson gets all the heat from these guys? Fact is when you are a clinical striker, you simply are from the start and it’s not something you just get overtime 😊

[@sjsucks673]

Benzema?

[@hathwayh3209]

Yea u can walk and talk out the womb. He'll will improve.

[@ibrahimtahir7799]

Liverpool hasn’t found a replacement for sadio mane and need a top striker

[@Stephens_Prime]

I honestly don't see how the way Klopp plays contributed to him missing clear chances. If he wasn't getting the right supply or struggling to get in the right positions, I would have understood. Either way, after two seasons it still sounds like Liverpool needs a miracle to make him work. You can't keep on relying on miracles to be successful. Just accept that it didn't work out and release him like we did with the likes of Minamino.

[@starzgalaxy17]

His goal tally should be much higher than what it is

[@INNIMA]

Fr and with the amount of service he gets he should have 30 goals not “involvements” like his d riding fan boys say to cope

[@Aloviya]

He's just not top club player the club is just too big for him he feels like striker that would thrive under no pressure in midtable teams

[@TH-c1k2]

I have him in my team in Dream League Soccer, and he kept hitting the post!!!😂😂😂

[@jamesjukebox2386]

Defence leaking like a sieve, and chances not taken at the other end, that is what ended Liverpool's season, big changes coming.

[@toulouztall]

Liverpool haven’t been the same since Sadio mane departure even Nunez cannot save them

[@INNIMA]

I miss sadio, he hit the ground running

[@GIBBO4182]

The guy has got 31 goal involvements…it’s not that bad! He needs to improve his finishing, we all know that, but it’s not impossible, just needs to work on it

[@mfromspace]

22 big chances missed in the prem cost liverpool 80 million and only got 12 pl goals this season made the pass that knocked liverpool out of the fa cup ending their quadruple dreams in klopps final season missed in lots of crucial matches cost liverpool midfielders lots of assists statically the worst striker ever this season hit the woodwork more than anyone in Europe's top five leagues this season yup don't lie to yourself he's bad mid at best not liverpool level maybe Bournemouth Fulham and Leicester level but definitely not big club level

[@GIBBO4182]

@@mfromspace bit overly dramatic mate! 🤣🤣

[@Blue-moon12]

😂😂. They paid money for goals and not just "goal involvement"

[@GIBBO4182]

@@Blue-moon12 they got 18 of them! It’s not a bad number

[@AyomideAkinyimika-kx9ei]

@@GIBBO4182 Considering the price tag, it is 👍👍

[@adamhadfield5831]

He’d benefit more from some daily finishing practise

[@kdlw31]

As a No9 he should not make those run backs go watch the Benfica formation he needs to be a striker and not defend that can tire a striker

[@ericthekop9624]

I want a new striker.

[@INNIMA]

Real lfc fans want him gone only the d riders want him cause they are gay and like his bad boy attitude

[@y2k42y2k42]

Everyone thought we were joking when we said he was the Uruguayan, "Andy Carrol." Us fans told you pundits he was garbage!!!!

[@kumarsharma9920]

I hope Arteta gets him and unleashes his true potential. We are lacking that fast striker. On the other hand, Isak's a goof shout too.

[@matthewlarue578]

Darwin Nunez roi renders him the worst lfc signing in recent memory.

[@Triple_X_X]

Fans aren't realizing it but Liverpool has been infected with Nunez-19 ever since the United match

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

Why is the hysterical fan worship not towards a useful new player instead of a dead-end headless chicken?

[@AyomideAkinyimika-kx9ei]

@@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 Real The brother lacks footballing IQ Hate the way some of those Nunez fan boys easily sy he has 31 goal contributions. Liverpool payed 85 million for goals not " goal contributions"😂😂

[@Ynwa.lfc.tylerfaria6]

​@@AyomideAkinyimika-kx9eiyou do realize goals are asociated with goal contributions correct? Youre trying to be clever but this aint man.

[@INNIMA]

@@AyomideAkinyimika-kx9eilol thats like a boxer bragging about jabs landed after he got k0’d

[@INNIMA]

@@Ynwa.lfc.tylerfaria6 he is supposed to have 30 goals with how much service he gets not how much he is involved you d rider

[@user-yj8sy5vw7u]

He needs to go just as klopp leaves

[@kdlw31]

Agree uncle Nick if their a tweek in formation

[@NoelCaffrey-it3qo]

steve nichol knows suarez knocked this guy up

[@MyWissam]

Nunez needs to do visualization meditation.

[@eldio2124]

Hate to play the race card, but does anyone think these pundits would “have a soft spot” for a black striker who has missed 28 big chances this season and has a 10% conversion rate. No chance

[@derrencoles5051]

Yawn

[@INNIMA]

Who cares darwin still trash

[@derrencoles5051]

@@INNIMA pot kettle

[@andyballard1883]

Absolute rubbish, Nunez would need the offside rule to be abolished to become productive enough to stay at Liverpool

[@INNIMA]

Haha so true

[@abdimatinabdimalik6845]

Wished we had him at arsenal

[@user-mz9dv4js5j]

Come on 18 goals and 13 assists, and we're critiquing the guy. How many strikers in the PL hit those numbers. Yes I get frustrated when me misses ease goals but I think he'll be another Torres. Salah and famino both hit fry spells

[@INNIMA]

Offside like 40 times and so many missed opportunities per game is costing the teams efforts and taking away from other viable opportunities

[@CR7_THEGOAT777]

In 53 games… average at best

[@markhand4530]

i am nunezs biggest critic but nunez has been very good at times under klopp when everything was going well and he felt the finger wasnt pointed at him, the truth is deep down klopp had his doubts about nunez and never trusted him in big games, whether he was 'right or wrong' the player himself is going to pick up on that. Arne will believe in him and trust him more but if he isn't getting the job done and isn't playing with confidence we shall have to take a hit on what we paid and sell him.

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

He obstinately played the donkey for two years expecting a miracle improvement every week. Jurgen was either crazy or was forced to field him. Putting him on as a sub these past weeks has been snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. £85M !

[@Severussnape09]

U have lost it 😂

[@markwhigham9974]

Erm he deletes all LFC photos..the fans won't stand for that and he will be off

[@prasoonprakash4730]

Need to change the entire front 3...they are running out of energy as well

[@happilyeggs4627]

How? He has proved he can miss the simplest of chances, many times. He has had a year to cool down and be more clinical. You can bet that ever day in training the coaches tell him to be calm. He hasn't listened in 12 months. Why will he listen to Slot.? Anyhow it won't matte. Nunes is going to Barca.

[@drdassler]

I remember how he was going to out perform Haaland. 😄

[@Severussnape09]

Ale Moreno has a soft spot for Nunez . 😂😂😂😂

[@ru76224]

This is the best we're going go get from Nunez, no hate..

[@mathiasgomez6636]

Uruguay namaaaaaa 🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽😇😇😇

[@moctardiallo1635]

Liverpool team. Never give up.

[@t-sane7858]

Let him go with klopp

[@RoyLimisAw3s0me]

Darwin Nunez is just a sad striker TBH.. he is not elite level.. just like United Hojlund huhu

[@nawles1]

RAN out of patience fpr KLOPP

[@marcy21precious5]

Shd go with klopp

[@dman9152]

Sport psychiatrist and a finishing coach is what darwin needs.

[@INNIMA]

Naw he simply isnt cut out to be an elite level striker

[@nonnayoubuzinnes1669]

Hoping Slot fails badly and takes Edwards down with him

[@jackwachtel-scott8000]

His goal record isn't bad but he is not a natural finisher and never will be. That said there are few around.

[@INNIMA]

He is a bench player level if you ask me , lfc need a real finisher

[@AntAnt-mr7lc]

Nunez cant go around the goal keeper he is offside a lot

[@macker33]

I thought he was good when he came on last night.

[@SigmundAnschutz]

Nunez should be replaced as a CF or sold. He can't finish. I'd be happy to see him sold. Before he headbutts again. He cost us dearly in the last season we had a chance of a prem for years.

[@connoisseurm103]

A change of manager and tweak of system cannot make up for poor finishing.

[@Severussnape09]

These pundits are so biased because he is a South American , and ale Moreno sitting there and saying he has a soft spot for him 😂

[@ghg27689fg]

I do not understand. He has a number of goals and assists. He has done well. He has lot of intensity and speed on the field. Is there any striker who does not miss scoring chances? Do they expect him to be Maradona, Messi or Ronaldo. I do not understand.

[@whyimsmarterthanyou]

Remember when Darwin's xg was better than Erling's? Hahahahahahahahaha!😄

[@user-ub2tp1jn4u]

Darwin Nunes is a hot head.. it doesn't take much to distract him... What a waste of good money! Ale is defending the south American but it's futile...

[@cjewe1z]

Moreno has got a soft spot for all South Americans. He is getting paid to give his opinion, but in this case he is wrong. Nunez is not an elite player. There are too many things wrong with his game and mentality.

[@konkdoreeeee7081]

Please sell him buy striker more clinical

[@Severussnape09]

Nunez is the worst thing to happen to Liverpool for a long time . I can think of worse things before Klopp came to lfc . Like voronin, benteke etc Nunez has no future at lfc . Nunez staying for third season is going to make matters worse for him and the club . His agent , camp and the club should work out a deal to move him out of the club asap . Even Andy Carroll was better than this guy .

[@MrKaravaj]

Throw him out together with Diaz, Gapko, Konate

[@user-hu8yy6xo5g]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Darkmenon]

People will go on about how Nunez is dumb but say nothing after watching this match where our attack fumbles nearly everything by making the worst decisions ever

[@Ynwa.lfc.tylerfaria6]

Your talking about our attack "fumbling" after scoring 3 goals..... you fumbled this comment

[@Darkmenon]

@@Ynwa.lfc.tylerfaria6 Did you watch the same match ? 1st goal - I don't think I have to explain myself 2nd goal - Gakpo poached a goal on a rebound. Then proceeded to make all of the worst decisions when counter attacking or carrying the ball 3rd goal ... Quansah ... a CB. Are you blind or what ?

[@RoyalSon884]

​@@Ynwa.lfc.tylerfaria6Your kind disgust me!

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

Destroying the game with dud substitutions for weeks on end isn’t dumb? That gets managers sacked.

[@Ynwa.lfc.tylerfaria6]

@@Darkmenon you must be a dwarf because the whole point of the comment went right over your head sonny boy. I could care less how we score if we score 3 goals there is no chance we should be dropping points. You decidded to call out liverpools attack after we conceded 3 goals . Your not to bright are ya dwarfy

[@moctardiallo1635]

Nunez is a important player

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

Impotent, not the same thing.

[@Blue-moon12]

😂😂

[@Triple_X_X]

😂😂😂

[@Triple_X_X]

​@@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935💀😂👀

[@Severussnape09]

In Man City ‘s triumph

[@manuelesoto23]

Núñez can play…they need to stay patient

[@cjewe1z]

Like they were patient with Keita? 🤣🤣🤣

[@youtubeuser00111]

I would call him Andy Carroll 2.0, but that would be an insult to Andy.

[@Severussnape09]

Bro even Carroll was better than him

[@yusufu9]

Didn't either of you fact-free geniuses bother to read what was posted above? by @Photosoflife "Carroll only had 11 goals and 6 assists in three seasons for Liverpool. Nunez already has 33 goals and 17 assists in two seasons. Carrol’s 3.67 goals and 2 assists per seasons at Liverpool and Nunez at 16.5 goals and 8.5 assists per season at Liverpool are nowhere close to each other or in the same stratosphere."

[@mistert6204]

He's absolutely trash

[@akilcyrus6289]

Rubbish

[@kolsando]

Nunez is our future, amazing player. Klopp has not given him a proper run in the side. Get rid of Salah and play Darwin every game 👌

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

He is good enough for Man U, that’s all.

[@Triple_X_X]

​@@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935💀😂😂🥶👀

[@Severussnape09]

That future will be back to mediocrity then .

[@Its-a-Sign]

Darwin is a great player.

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

At what sport?

[@mervynpeters]

Nunez will come good.Type of player who will take time to mature. Liverpool just don't have time.

[@andrewhylton8712]

Klopp has been in charge of transfer at Liverpool for the last 3 years and has waisted. serious amounts of money. Nunez, Diaz, Szoboszlai, Cavalho, Thiago , etc . I am so glad Edwards is back and will be recruiting the players alongside a new Sporting Director. As for Nunez he is useless he will not come good, he is one of the worst forwards Liverpool have ever had. Nunez is up there with Diouf, Morientes, Benteke, and Heskey as just a flop , nothing will change that not even a new manager . All this talk about his confidence is rubbish and excuses.

[@sjsucks673]

To give everyone a clear idea, his big chance conversion rate is lower than jackson.

[@INNIMA]

But he runs and does stuff on the pitch 😂😂 lets keep him