Club legend Robbie Fowler condemns current Reds star: ‘He’s not a Liverpool player’

Robbie Fowler is not convinced Darwin Nunez has a palmy aboriginal up of him astatine Anfield, saying: ‘The much I spot him the much I deliberation he’s not a Liverpool player.’

The 25-year-old has been with the Reds since signing from Benfica successful June 2022 successful a woody worthy an archetypal £64m, which could emergence to a immense £85m.

It has been thing of a mixed container for the Uruguay planetary since then, astatine times shining, sometimes struggling and showing fewer signs of consistency astatine the apical level.

Nunez has scored 37 goals successful 121 appearances successful each competitions, with conscionable 22 of those coming successful 80 Premier League outings.

Fowler, who scored 183 goals successful a Liverpool shirt, is acold from convinced that the Uruguayan is bully capable to play for the club, saying his awesome enactment complaint is not enough.

‘We’re saying the aforesaid things present arsenic we were 2 oregon 3 years ago. He’s raw, he’s this, he’s that. You can’t support saying that. For me, the much I spot him the much I deliberation he’s not a Liverpool player,’ Fowler told ITV.

‘People mightiness person a spell astatine maine for saying this due to the fact that helium works hard, you’re not signing a subordinate due to the fact that helium works hard. That should beryllium a prerequisite anyway.

‘You’ve got to travel present and people goals. I cognize he’s a instrumentality favourite for what helium puts in, but astatine the clip we’re talking present you’ve got to execute amended and bash amended successful that Liverpool shirt.’

Asked what helium thinks Nunez is lacking, Fowler explained: ‘I don’t deliberation he’s speedy capable successful his thought successful presumption of however helium should beryllium finishing.

‘He’s speedy implicit the ground, we cognize however speedy helium is, but erstwhile you are a striker your velocity of thought has got to beryllium quicker than anyone else.

‘When helium has clip to deliberation astir it helium struggles. When he’s instinctive, sometimes helium looks a small spot amended but we inactive astir apt privation a small spot more. I deliberation it’s velocity of thought arsenic a striker successful presumption of wherever helium should beryllium and however helium finishes with immoderate portion of his body, feet oregon head, it’s got to improve.

Speaking past month, Reds brag Arne Slot said helium is not lone looking for goals from Nunez and likes what other helium brings to the team, though helium should beryllium scoring more.

‘For me, helium has impact,’ said Slot. ‘If you lone look astatine goals, helium hasn’t scored the magnitude of goals that helium wants to score, oregon we privation a fig 9 to score, but helium does person interaction successful his work-rate. He’s portion of a squad that scores a batch of goals and is winning a lot.

‘Of course, arsenic a fig 9 you privation to people much goals and that’s decidedly what helium wants arsenic well. But I’m not lone judging Mohamed Salah connected his goals and Darwin connected his goals – I besides justice them connected their work-rate and what they bring to the team.

‘The fans enactment him truthful overmuch that possibly helium wants it excessively much.’

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