Nothing is ever predictable with Darwin Núñez.
He first crossed paths with Liverpool in early 2022, when his Benfica side faced the Reds in the Champions League. He scored in both legs and looked a menace throughout. Jürgen Klopp was in love from that point on. You can imagine him watching footage of Benfica games to prepare for the tie, watching Núñez’ erratic moments of brilliance and stupidity, and thinking “I can fix him”. He knew exactly the attacker he wanted to add to Liverpool’s forward line that summer.
Can you create a more structured and positionist system around Núñez, in which he does his thing in the box? Would Slot even be interested in that?
Diogo Jota will get injured at some point. Cody Gakpo isn’t that good. Liverpool will need Núñez to deliver at some point this season. What does he do for this team, and how does it work? I still don’t have an answer. I feel strongly that it would be a huge waste if Liverpool can’t integrate him into this side, but I don’t know if they will or not. Either way, it’s never predictable.
