Darwin Nunez situation and future at Liverpool

A look at the striker’s recent times and his future at the club.

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00:00So, Will, starting with Liverpool and Darwin Nunes, obviously been quite hit or miss during

00:05his time at Liverpool. He's produced some absolute 10 out of 10 performances and then

00:10you know, some of the lower numbers as well. I mean, it's been quite a strange period for

00:14him, but in terms of the latest, obviously deleted all of his Instagram posts on social

00:19media of his time at Liverpool, which is quite interesting. What do you make of his situation

00:24at the moment?

00:26I would just say that, I think, if there's a footballer who defines someone who plays

00:34off impulse, it is probably Darwin Nunes. You know, we've seen him cause absolute chaos

00:39in games, as you said. He's an enigma, that's what he is. Some games, you just don't know

00:44what you're going to get for him. But, you know, his first season coming in the same

00:49summer as Haaland, and maybe there were unfair comparisons to him and Ayland Haaland, and

00:55he hadn't played a lot of top level before and, you know, he was unpolished. It didn't

00:59help that he got sent off against Crystal Palace early on. But there were signs there

01:03and in the first part of the season, you're thinking maybe it's starting to click, but

01:07certainly since the problems again are coming to the fore and he finds himself out of the

01:14Liverpool team for a player who's arrived for a fee of £75 million, coverage £85 million,

01:21he should be starting week in, week out, unless you rest him for a game or he's injured.

01:27And yeah, it just hasn't been quite working for him. What's gone wrong lately? I'm not

01:33too sure because it's not like, you know, he struggled in a team that has been struggling

01:38in general. So maybe that's a mitigating circumstance and, you know, the chances are still going

01:44astray and, you know, I always think back to that one at Brentford where he lobbed the

01:47keeper, an unbelievable finish, but he did take it the hard way. Why didn't he have the

01:52composure to maybe go round to the keeper? So was that a flaw of his? And, you know,

01:59obviously the decision to delete him sparks a few rumours, the debate has raised, is he

02:08going to be departing Liverpool in the summer? But you would like to think that he's still

02:12only 24, raw attributes. You would like to think that Arnie Slott's looking at him and

02:19thinking, well, we can still try and get the best out of Darwin Nunes. He's obviously a

02:24player who you wouldn't want to play against him, let's be honest, if you're a defender.

02:30You would not want to come up against him and, you know, you could say, oh, he goes

02:34through on goals, conversion rates isn't great, but you don't want to give a forward a chance

02:38at that. But, you know, he is a handful and he still needs to polish his game and it doesn't

02:44help that he's still learning the language. But I think in the third season you've got to

02:50give him a chance for pre-season, see what he can do and what he can do under a new manager.