Liverpool: Arne Slot admits he's 'not able' to get 'best out of' Reds star amid Man Utd transfer links

Liverpool head consultant Arne Slot has hinted that Darwin Nunez doesn’t match applicable into his gadget among records attaching him with a shock feedback to Manchester United.

The Reds paid approximately an first expenditure of approximately £64m to indication Nunez from Benfica during the 2022 summer season transfer window.

Jurgen Klopp underestimated information last notifications to indication Nunez and also this is authenticating a inaccuracy as the Uraguay worldwide has slid in the pecking order this period.

Liverpool optimal pooches Slot prefers Mohamed Salah, Luis Diaz, Cody Gakpo and also Diogo Jota as Nunez has only been offered sparingly this period.

It has been implied that the Premier League leaders could incision their losses on Nunez in a bargain which would naturally indeed be one of this window’s most costly transmits.

Nunez has been heavily tied with a feedback to the Saudi Pro League this month, but Male Utd have in addition been mooted as a chance shock destination as they are distressed to indication a newfangled striker.

It appearances substantially likely that Nunez will flee Liverpool someday this year and also Slot has hinted that he does not match applicable into his wanted gadget.

“Darwin is a striker we have to application in a precise way and also we were not able yet to bring the biggest out of him this period,” Slot said.

“Versus Accrington Stanley again you saw he has most price but, however for him, most teams rest ago a digit against us.

“If you filter ago at the objectives he scored for us, I preserve in mind the one against [Aston] Villa as comfortably as he went approximately the goalkeeper on a speedy reprieve, that is his eminent potency – he has dissimilar other characteristics as well – but we are still scrubing on recovering him in the biggest imaginable poses against a low block.

“That entails the applicable timings, the applicable crosses, the applicable placement to prelude from and also rendering the applicable run.”

He encompassed: “The way teams safeguard our No 9 is something you have to impart them credit for. It’s never: ‘Here Darwin, you can rating.’ Every time we ranked in a cross I go to a defender all over him. I go to it, referees however wear’t.

“For us, unshortened amount, it’s supplementary perplexing to rating against a group like Woodland since every time we had a chance they had 6, seven, eight, nine or 10 gamers swallowing in the 18-backyard box.

“And the one time [Chris] Wood had a chance he was there almost on his own. We weren’t in reality comfortable to the ball. They only had one chance, we had 15. Yet with the 15 we had there was repeatedly someone comfortable to the ball or all over one of our gamers. Darwin will rating his objectives. He currently did and also he will again.”