Former Liverpool celebrity Michael Owen is directed that Darwin Nunez can still erupt as “the real bargain” regardless of an irregular overture to his Anfield career.
Nunez became Liverpool’s record wrapping up once he immigrated from Benfica in an £85million bargain in the summertime of 2022, yet has struggled to discharge that expense over the course of his initially 18 months in a red tee shirt.
Having enrolled simply Premier League 9 purposes last season, the Uruguayan currently has 7 this term, having opened his account for the project with a quickfire affirm as Liverpool came from behind to vanquished Newcastle Unified in August.
Nunez devised an additional two-purpose contribution in the productivity over Bournemouth last Sunday as Jurgen Klopp’s side protruded their lead over judgment winners Manchester City suspension to 5 points.
With Mo Salah currently out hurted, Owen – that scored 118 purposes in 216 arcades for Liverpool in between 1996 and also 2004 – opines Nunez has the opportunity to measure upwards and also become Liverpool’s celebrity onward if he can work on some of the much less arised facets of his gallery.
He told talkSPORT: “Nunez is a player that has divided point of view.
“I believe he’s horribly raw in some of his dabble, yet I similarly believe he’s superb in some of his dabble.
“Once you predict Liverpool for the future, it’s clearly not attending be with Salah for life so a person’s attending have to measure upwards, or they’re attending have to replace him with a person that’s attending attempt and also replace his purposes.
“[Nunez] is arguably the one guy in the crew that’s obtained the level to be able to carry out that, I check out him honing into an absolute brunt in the Premier League.
“I still believe he can go the other means, I still believe he’s not the complete package yet, yet he does things that totally blow your psyche.
“He’s so vivid, he’s so linear, he’s so rapid and also he’s obtained so much ability. If he can simply brush upwards in information places, he can be the real bargain.”
Owen’s remarks come simply weeks after the former England onward predicted that Salah’s exit will mark a critical juncture in Nunez’s career, streamlining the strain on him to become Liverpool’s substantial substantial.
“If Mo Salah vacated [and] went to Saudi in the summertime, once he inevitably dropped runs away – he isn’t attending be there for life, of course – that will after that put [Nunez] into sharp focus.
“After that Liverpool will be wondering about: ‘Correct, whereby are we attending replace 25 purposes in the league every season?’
“That’s once the strain will be ramped upwards. He’s not [capable of that] at the moment.”
