One in all Liverpool’s nice strengths this season has been their enviable depth in assault. Mo Salah could also be occupying a lot of the limelight given his astonishing file of 18 objectives and 13 assists in 19 Premier League video games, however others are chipping in too.
Cody Gakpo, after an inconsistent begin to his Liverpool profession, has caught hearth below Arne Slot, netting his twelfth aim of the season in all competitions with a luxurious end towards Manchester United on Sunday.
Luis Diaz has been distinctive too, whereas the fit-again Diogo Jota is all the time a aim risk. However there’s one ahead who has been notably much less spectacular than the others, and whose future on the membership is changing into unsure: Darwin Nunez.
Liverpool star Darwin Nunez deemed surplus to necessities
In line with Football Insider, Liverpool are “open” to promoting Nunez within the January switch window and would settle for affords within the area of £50-60 million.
Newcastle are reportedly within the Uruguay worldwide, who has largely flattered to deceive since his £85m transfer from Benfica in 2022. Regardless of displaying some promise and scoring 18 objectives in all competitions final season, Nunez has solely netted 4 occasions in 24 appearances this time period.
There may be stated to be curiosity within the 25-year-old, though Soccer Insider declare “he isn’t one in every of Eddie Howe’s targets for the upcoming switch window”.
Newcastle would solely possible enter the race to signal Nunez ought to star striker Alexander Isak be bought, with rising hypothesis in regards to the Swede’s future. He has 13 objectives in 18 league video games and is amongst the world’s in-form strikers.
Nunez is a great distance off Isak’s degree of consistency, although competitors for locations at Liverpool has typically meant intervals out of the beginning XI.
If the asking value is met and Nunez is bought, Liverpool are anticipated to make use of the funds to reinvest within the workforce as they search for one other Premier League title and proceed to problem within the Champions League.
Slot backed Nunez final month however admitted the striker was maybe responsible of forcing the problem. “In case you solely take a look at objectives, he hasn’t scored the quantity of objectives that he desires to attain, or we wish a quantity 9 to attain, however he does have influence in his work-rate. He is a part of a workforce that scores plenty of objectives and is profitable lots,” Slot stated.
“After all, as a quantity 9 you need to rating extra objectives and that is undoubtedly what he desires as effectively. However I am not solely judging Mohamed Salah on his objectives and Darwin on his objectives – I additionally decide them on their work-rate and what they carry to the workforce. The followers assist him a lot that possibly he desires it an excessive amount of.”
