Liverpool reportedly have a substitute lined up for Darwin Nunez, who’s enduring a tough third season on the membership.
Nunez struggling as Reds held on Tyneside
Following an £85m change to Liverpool from Benfica in 2022, Nunez’s performances throughout his first two seasons at Anfield had been inconsistent, however he confirmed glimpses of brilliance, together with a memorable brace in a powerful 7-0 win over Manchester United in 2023.
His output wasn’t unhealthy both, scoring 15 in all competitions in his first yr, earlier than enhancing on that complete to notch 18 the next yr. This time period, nonetheless, the Uruguayan striker seems to have utterly hit a wall.
He is scored simply three targets in 18 video games, and has come below heavy scrutiny for his lacklustre performances, most notably within the Reds’ latest 3-3 draw with Newcastle United.
Nunez gave the ball away cheaply on a number of events in the course of the sport, and missed an important alternative within the second half.
In gentle of his show, Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher mentioned that he doesn’t expect the 25-year-old to be at the club for an excessive amount of longer.
When requested about Nunez’s future at Liverpool, Carragher mentioned on The Overlap: “I’m undecided he’s right here subsequent yr, I feel he’ll most likely transfer on. He’s extra like a cult hero as a result of he’s a bit mad and he likes to run round.”
Liverpool main race for brand new striker
As alluded to by Carragher, Liverpool already look like getting ready for all times with out Nunez. At the least that is in response to Calcio Mercato, the Reds are leading the race to sign Inter Milan forward Marcus Thuram, who can be attracting curiosity from Paris Saint-Germain.
Thuram, the son of France legend Lilian Thuram, has been one among Inter and Serie A’s greatest gamers since transferring to the San Siro from Borussia Monchengladbach final summer season. This season, he is already scored 9 targets in simply 13 Serie A video games – a return that makes him the division’s second-top scorer behind solely Atalanta’s Mateo Retegui, who has 12.
Calcio Mercato declare that Thuram is on Liverpool’s record of potential Mohamed Salah replacements, with the Egyptian’s future at Anfield presently up within the air. The publication says, nonetheless, that whereas the Reds are “on the forefront” for a deal, Inter would solely be prepared to let go of the striker if a “actually unmissable provide” got here in or if his £70 million launch clause is met.
Thuram, 27, has beforehand been described as “world class” by Wolfsburg sporting director Marcel Schafer, whereas Daniel Farke, who managed the striker at Gladbach in the course of the 2022/23 season, as soon as referred to as him “an exceptional player of the highest international class”.
Former Gladbach teammate Denis Zakaria, in the meantime, said of Thuram in 2019: “He is a superb man, a bit of loopy possibly, however what he brings to the pitch is phenomenal.”
