How do Liverpool solve a problem like Darwin Nunez? Uruguayan striker can infuriate fans and appeared to 負かす／撃墜する 道具s during Jurgen Klopp's final weeks... but Arne Slot CAN get the best out of him

  • Nunez was criticised for 存在 the only one not to applaud Jurgen Klopp?
  • But Uruguayan has 得点する／非難する／２０d 18 times this season and can surely only 改善する?
  • Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Virgil 先頭 Dijk have a year left at Liverpool... will they stay for Arne Slot's 再構築する? - Listen to It's All Kicking Off!?

By Adam Shergold

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In an age where little goes unnoticed, Darwin Nunez might have known.

Liverpool 支持者s didn't have to be eagle-注目する，もくろむd to 位置／汚点／見つけ出す the £85million 今後 was the only person inside Anfield not clapping Jurgen Klopp as the 出発／死ing 経営者／支配人 walked through his guard of honour.

It didn't help the Uruguayan that Klopp ran 支援する around to pass between the line of players and staff a second time. Still he remained unmoved.


Fans were also quick to notice that Nunez sat with his 長，率いる in his 手渡すs as Klopp 配達するd his emotional 別れの（言葉，会） 演説（する）／住所 to his team inside the Anfield dressing room.

All this, on 最高の，を越す of Nunez wiping all Liverpool-関係のある images from his Instagram account after 存在 的d by trolls earlier this month.

Darwin Nunez finished the season with 18 goals for Liverpool - but can infuriate supporters

Darwin Nunez finished the season with 18 goals for Liverpool - but can infuriate 支持者s?

Fans spotted that Nunez did not clap as Jurgen Klopp walked through a guard of honour

Fans spotted that Nunez did not clap as Jurgen Klopp walked through a guard of honour

Nunez appeared to move behind team-mate Luis Diaz, who was among those clapping as Klopp passed

Nunez appeared to move behind team-mate Luis Diaz, who was の中で those clapping as Klopp passed

Not to について言及する his 拒絶する／低下するing 業績／成果s in the final 行う／開催する／段階s of a （選挙などの）運動をする that has seen him in blistering form only in fits and spurts, 得点する／非難する／２０ing 18 times 全体にわたる.

連合させるd, it has led to 憶測 that Nunez is unhappy on Merseyside and may leave this summer after just two seasons, 軍隊ing Liverpool to 削減（する） their losses on an enormous 支出.

His 活動／戦闘s have only opened the door for more 批評 from the Reds fanbase and with his habit of 逸脱するing offside, not spotting obvious passes and 拒絶するing big chances, Nunez is an 平易な 的 いつかs.

What was いっそう少なく 井戸／弁護士席 publicised was the ビデオ that 現れるd from Klopp's 別れの（言葉，会） at the Titanic Hotel where a fully-伴う／関わるd Nunez 押し進めるs the German out の上に the dancefloor and encourages him to throw some 形態／調整s.

Likewise, the fact Nunez updated his Instagram profile picture to show himself, partner Lorena and their son Darwin in next season's Liverpool 道具s.

A splash of red on a page that had become 排他的に the light blue of Uruguay is surely a 肯定的な 調印する Nunez is staying put.

The 今後 will lose Klopp, the coach who 勧めるd Liverpool to break the bank to 調印する him from Benfica for an 初期の £64m, 潜在的に rising to £85m, in 2022.

Fans also highlighted Nunez, right, as Klopp addressed the team for the final time on Sunday

Fans also 最高潮の場面d Nunez, 権利, as Klopp 演説（する）／住所d the team for the final time on Sunday

The striker has deleted all the Liverpool-related images from his Instagram page

The striker has 削除するd all the Liverpool-関係のある images from his Instagram page?

But Nunez then updated his Instagram profile picture to show his family in Liverpool shirts

But Nunez then updated his Instagram profile picture to show his family in Live rpool shirts

But in Arne Slot, he will have a boss who will certainly 申し込む／申し出 him ample 適切な時期 to impress and who will try and アイロンをかける out the 欠陥s in his game.

Slot sees Nunez as 批判的な to what he wants to 達成する at Anfield, 指名する-checking him to 冒険的な director Richard Hughes as one of the 重要な players he is looking 今後 to working with.

It scotches the suggestion Nunez will 落ちる behind Cody Gakpo in the attacking つつく／ペックing order 簡単に because the new 経営者／支配人 is also Dutch.

After all, if Slot plays the same 4-2-3-1 形式 he did at Feyenoord, he will need a bustling, bulldozing centre 今後 and Nunez should fit the 法案.

Slot also has a 跡をつける 記録，記録的な／記録する of getting the bes t out of centre 今後s.

Feyenoord striker Santiago Gimenez was hardly prolific when Slot plucked him from Liga MX in his native Mexico, having 得点する／非難する／２０d 21 times in 105 games for Cruz Azul.

Under Slot's tutelage at De Kuip he has netted 49 times in just two seasons, telling reporters: 'As a person and coach, Arne is 完全にする.

On his day, Nunez?is an unstoppable force who can torment the best defenders in the world

On his day, Nunez?is an unstoppable 軍隊 who can torment the best defenders in the world

Nunez scored 15 goals in his first season at Anfield, and has netted 18 in this campaign

Nunez 得点する／非難する／２０d 15 goals in his first season at Anfield, and has netted 18 in this （選挙などの）運動をする

'It was a big step to come from Mexico to the Netherlands and he gave me 信用／信任. He always 押し進めるd me to be better.

'I am really 感謝する to Arne, I hope he can do 井戸／弁護士席 everywhere. He can talk really 井戸／弁護士席 with the players.'

The 重要な will be getting Nunez to 得点する／非難する／２０ 終始一貫して rather than in fits and starts, 同様に as not tailing off に向かって the end of a season as he has done in both his years at Liverpool.

In 2022-23, having netted twice in the 7-0 drubbing of Manchester 部隊d on March 5, Nunez would 得点する／非難する／２０ just once more afterwards. This season, he 得点する／非難する／２０d just once in his last 13 遠出s.

Had Nunez 設立する a rich vein of form in the final weeks, maybe Liverpool could have 支えるd their 首相 League 肩書を与える challenge and given Klopp his fairytale finale.

Klopp gives Nunez a hug before bringing him off the bench in his last match on Sunday

Klopp gives Nunez a 抱擁する before bringing him off the （法廷の）裁判 in his last match on Sunday

Instead, he 設立する himself demoted to the （法廷の）裁判 and then often infuriated when he was introduced in the final 部分 of games.

The 勝利，勝つ over Tottenham in 早期に May was a 事例／患者 in point. Fair enough, Liverpool were 4-1 ahead when Klopp introduced Nunez for Luis Diaz with 15 minutes left.

But with 刺激（する）s 得点する／非難する／２０ing again a couple of minutes later and 注ぐing 今後 in search of an improbable 復帰, Liverpool could have done with another goal.

In 停止 time, Nunez failed to 位置／汚点／見つけ出す Gakpo 解放する／自由な in acres of space inside the box. He then 逸脱するd offside after playing a ball into Mohamed Salah to 得点する／非難する／２０ before seeing a one-on-one saved.

Nunez was unable to put away some clear-cut chances during the match against Tottenham

Nunez was unable to put away some （疑いを）晴らす-削減（する） chances during the match against Tottenham

Incoming Liverpool manager Arne Slot will believe he can get the best out of the Uruguayan

後継の Liverpool 経営者／支配人 Arne Slot will believe he can get the best out of the Uruguayan?

Slot got the best out of Mexican striker Santiago Gimenez, who is prolific for Feyenoord

Slot got the best out of Mexican striker Santiago Gimenez, who is prolific for Feyenoord

The fans weren't best pleased but these are things Nunez can work on. Only 24, Darwin's game can still 発展させる under Slot with work on the training ground.

He can become more 臨床の in those 状況／情勢s with just the goalkeeper to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域, learn to get his 長，率いる up and be unselfish, and time his runs better to stay onside.

It might be a slow 燃やす at first. Nunez will go away with Uruguay to the Copa America in the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs, which runs pretty much 平行の to Euro 2024.

If they make the final on July 14 and he takes a break afterwards, Nunez could 行方不明になる a fair chunk of Liverpool's pre-season. They are 始める，決める to play three fixtures in the 明言する／公表するs between July 27 and August 3.

非，不，無 of this is to 示唆する Klopp didn't 投資する the time and energy trying to 改善する Nunez's game - but he could truly 利益（をあげる） from a fresh 視野 from Slot.

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