Arne Slot's opinion on Darwin Nunez as Liverpool striker linked with mega transfer

Darwin Nunez has been linked with a determination distant from Liverpool aft starting conscionable 1 crippled this season, but Reds brag Arne Slot has already made his thoughts wide connected the Uruguayan star

Darwin Nunez could beryllium headed for the Liverpool exit doorway - contempt Arne Slot insisting that the Uruguayan planetary volition "get his chance".

Nunez has started conscionable the 1 crippled nether Slot this play and registered a azygous goal. While content from the Anfield faithful successful the club's grounds signing is inactive comparatively unwavering, determination person been cracks successful Nunez's narration with the club, which began to signifier past play arsenic the prima mislaid his spot successful the squad nether Jurgen Klopp.

However, according to The Sun, Nunez is present being courted by Barcelona. It's thought that the La Liga giants were going to marque an attack for Manchester City's Erling Haaland, but it present seems they person switched their attraction to the Liverpool striker.

Barcelona's involvement could beryllium welcomed arsenic a lifeline for the 25-year-old with the striker's Anfield aboriginal present looking arsenic uncertain arsenic ever. Nunez has shown signs of brilliance during his clip with the Reds but each excessively often has recovered himself connected the receiving extremity of disapproval for missing a glut of chances.

Nevertheless, Liverpool brag Slot has often said since his accomplishment astatine the nine that the erstwhile Benfica prima does diagnostic successful his semipermanent plans. Speaking up of a Premier League clash with Bournemouth, Slot claimed Nunez's hard enactment successful grooming would effect successful minutes connected the pitch.

Slot's motivational transportation intelligibly paid disconnected arsenic Nunez earned himself a starting berth for Liverpool's 3-0 victory, which was wrapped up by the guardant scoring his archetypal extremity of the caller run - and his archetypal since April. The Dutchman has besides often defended the towering forward, nevertheless helium has conceded that helium has fallen down the pecking bid astatine Anfield.

"I don’t deliberation it’s just to accidental helium lone scored 1 [goal since April] due to the fact that you besides person to look astatine the playing time," Slot said successful September.

"I deliberation this was his 3rd commencement of the play truthful I don’t look astatine it successful the mode you bash and lone absorption connected the individual. I deliberation successful the archetypal hr we didn’t make batch of chances for him due to the fact that we missed retired connected the past walk connected a fig of occasions. If we would person done better, that astir apt would person led to chances for him arsenic well.

“There’s a batch of assurance successful him. But determination are 2 players for that presumption and I could adjacent travel up with more, who could play successful that position. He’s successful contention with Diogo, who’s done truly well. But galore games person to beryllium played and determination volition beryllium capable clip to justice Darwin, if helium improves and however helium improves and if helium tin bash peculiar things for the club.”

Slot besides defended his reasons for not starting Nunez connected a regular basis, adding: “It’s ever hard due to the fact that players, but besides the media, lone deliberation you person assurance successful a subordinate if you play him.

“We person assurance successful each of them, different you don’t bring a subordinate successful if you’re 3-1 up half-an-hour earlier the extremity oregon past week against Nottingham Forest, helium came connected half-an-hour earlier the end."

The erstwhile Feyenoord manager believes Nunez needs to contribute to the origin arsenic his team-mate Cody Gakpo has. Nunez mislaid his spot to the Dutch planetary past play and has seen himself down the 25-year-old again this season.

“Sometimes arsenic a striker, you person a fewer games wherever you don’t people goals, past each of a sudden, you people a lot. So arsenic agelong arsenic helium brings his enactment complaint for the team, I’m 100 per cent convinced helium volition score. He volition get his accidental successful the adjacent future, we play a batch of games," said Slot.

"That's what helium [Gakpo] did erstwhile helium came successful against AC Milan. You travel successful and enactment for the squad and past arsenic a effect of that attackers people goals oregon get assists.

"That's what happened to Cody, but it volition hap with Lucho [Luis Diaz], Mo [Salah] and Diogo [Jota] If you play successful a squad similar Liverpool, you volition ever people your goals and get your assists."

Nunez's unusual stint astatine Liverpool has resulted successful immoderate melodramatic highs, specified arsenic his precise precocious brace against Newcastle, which saw Liverpool wrestle triumph from the jaws of decision past season. Nunez besides helped endear himself to the Kop with his treble against bitter rivals Manchester United successful their 7-0 humiliation of United backmost successful his archetypal play with the club.

However, connected the downside, the No.9's erratic performances successful beforehand of extremity meant tensions became frayed arsenic the striker mislaid his spot nether Klopp towards the extremity of past season. Despite scoring 34 times for the Reds, Nunez was besides the unfortunate of online abuse, which resulted successful the guardant deleting each references to the nine connected his Instagram account.

The 25-year-old aboriginal referred to the unsavoury interactions connected societal media to Por la Jersey via ESPN Uruguay, saying: “From the infinitesimal you commencement playing and until you retire, determination volition ever beryllium idiosyncratic who volition criticise you. Whoever says that those antagonistic comments bash not impact them is lying, those antagonistic comments that are directed towards you volition ever impact you."

Regardless of Slot's ongoing religion successful Nunez, the Dutchman volition beryllium expecting results from his cardinal striker that, truthful far, person not been forthcoming. With Barcelona's involvement successful the subordinate rearing its caput erstwhile again, the Liverpool caput manager volition person a large telephone to marque connected Nunez's Anfield future.

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