The slot machine does not have a perfect nine.
There are no solid trophies on the roster with Nunes
Klopp considered the Uruguayan to be Liverpool’s main striker. We know this because we promoted the transfer for 85 million euros, one of the most expensive in the history of the Reds. For comparison, for Salah’s transfer from Roma, they paid half the amount, or 42 million. Later, when Darwin remembered his mistakes and ruined his reputation, Chelsea came looking for him. Klopp insisted Nunez stays at Liverpool. Didn’t improve. The striker is so unstable that he tortured himself and his teammates without making any money.
Add in wages and transfer fees and it’s a €107m mistake for Liverpool. If the attacker stays until summer, the loss will increase. In theory, Nunez could win trophies with decisive goals in the spring. But in practice, its only trophies are the League Cup and the FA Super Cup. Ridiculous cuts that do not return Liverpool’s investment in a striker. Darwin also had a dispute with the club, removing references to the Reds from his social media.
The capricious Uruguayan has not become another Suarez. Now, reputation comes before the future. Although Darwin is talented, he easily finds scoring positions, but his mistakes have undermined the development of a football player. Psychology problem. Even Slot, although the coach loves these attackers, failed to bring stability to Nunez’s game. At Feyenoord, Arne played with a similar Mexican, Santiago Jimenez, who also had experience on the flanks and showed differences in shape. But Darwin is older, his mistakes cost more.
Nunes can’t play consistently. The former Benfica player has 2 goals and 2 assists in 15 days nuclear submarineterrible result. There are six matches and one goal scored in the Champions League. With stats like that, you won’t be the dream of the next big club. Especially considering the price. Liverpool boss Edwards wants to right the wrong and recoup losses. But 60 to 70 million euros for Nunez will now be paid in a single championship. Will they manage to convince the Uruguayan family to choose Saudi Arabia?
Darwin could be part of a major deal
Even if Kvaratskhelia goes to PSGthen the idea of trading Darwin for an additional payment for a new important attacker for Slot is relevant. Jota, Diaz and Gakpo placed themselves in the center of the attack. But they don’t have the killer instinct. Even Liverpool’s former number ten Firmino has successfully retrained as a central striker. Then the interactions of the three attackers counted a lot, Mané and Salah moved towards the center. Gakpo and Diaz have their own characteristics, but Luis can go there.
The Colombian wants more money. The Liverpool left winger’s salary is much lower than that of the team’s left back Tsimikas. We don’t know why Diaz agreed to such terms, but Luis may be lured by money and the promise of putting him in the starting lineup more often. Liverpool have stiff competition in attack, apart from Salah’s position. Mohamed himself could leave this summer, he admitted such a development in a recent interview. This scared Reds fans.
Maybe they will agree. But for now, Van Dijk and Salah are behaving like Egyptian traders in a busy market. They throw out the bait and wait for the right offer from the other side. Liverpool wants to keep their leaders. And at the same time, there are no signals from USAto enrich the veterans. Darwin Nunes is younger, but after all the mistakes made in important fights, the age factor will not play any role. The Uruguayan is about to leave and an exchange for a valuable striker seems logical.
Liverpool will receive a player who can strengthen the team in the spring. There will inevitably be misfires and dangerous battles in the Champions League and nuclear submarine. And Nunes will have the chance to revive his career. He could even end up in Naples, because he played as a winger in the Uruguay national team and at Benfica. The player is interesting and cunning, but not for Liverpool. He needs a club where he can accelerate in terms of performance, and above all recover mentally without pressure.
It will be difficult for the slot to find the perfect “nine”
Liverpool has hybrid roles. Gravenberch is not a classic defensive midfielder. Alexander-Arnold is an unusual right-back. Szoboszlai occupies an interesting position. The tasks changed even though I was working with a new coach. Gakpo played on the left and Diaz went to the center. Jota is an unusual striker. Salah has been playing alone for many years, but that suits him. The rest must change often, otherwise Liverpool will definitely be attacked after a series of successes.
You can lose everything if you start losing. The defeat against Tottenham in the first League Cup semi-final was attributed to a referee error. This could have excluded the author of the future goal, the 18-year-old Swede, from Postecoglou’s team. But the opponent found a joker for the decisive blow. But for Liverpool, the substitutions did not work. The slot lost for the second time this season. Next he has a match against Nottingham Forest. The Foresters are the only team to have beaten Arne in the league.
Yesterday even Federico Chiesa scored against a weak opponent in the FA Cup. But the European champions are now looking for a new club in the hope of securing an attacking player who will change Liverpool more noticeably than Salah’s current teammates. Even Gakpo is easy to criticize. The Dutchman can and should score more often. Liverpool have a great overall performance, but there are many different scorers. But everyone needs serial killers to defend someone else.
Aside from Salah, Liverpool currently have no such person. But the range of candidates for strengthening the attack – the left flank and the center – is very wide. It is easy to imagine Isak and Kvaratskhelia as Mohamed’s partners. And if we take the Egyptian out of the equation, allowing his departure this summer, there are even more options. And the stakes are higher. You have to spend money so as not to interrupt the attack. If they convince Salah to stay, he will require strong partners on the attack line.
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