Lets be real, he was never a €150 Mill player. Barca got fleeced Because of the Neymar money.. but still, shocking fee.
Darwin Núñez | Liverpool player | Fighter
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Bas Dost scored 93 goals for Sporting in 3 seasons....
Thats good going
Fabulous tbf. He's on another level to Nunez.
Obviously it's way too early to write him off, but he does appear to be totally unprepared and a nervous wreck.
2 pre-season games and he's already in his feelings, tweeting ''resilience'' and posting shush emojis. He needs to get off social media for his own sake.
2 pre-season games and he's already in his feelings, tweeting ''resilience'' and posting shush emojis. He needs to get off social media for his own sake.
Weird how clubs fall for it, I guess it's really financially good for benfica though.
Spot on. Would be shocked if anyone who watches the Portuguese league regularly feels differently.
Diaz and Bruno were both clearly head and shoulders above any player in the league during their time - Nunez is nowhere close. Taremi was comfortably better last year in the same position for me, and hell Felix as well showed a consistently higher level than Darwin at a much younger age despite that deal being ridiculed.
I just don't see it and never have. Stand by my initial reaction which was complete befuddlement.
You are far too kind - I've certainly had plenty of idiotic takes!
I do feel very confident about this one though - especially as compared to Liverpool fans who only watched him play a CL knockout tie against their reserve backline.
This was @MUFC OK
How's one of the best prospects in Europe working out? Or are you going to quote at me his goal stats whilst ignoring your eyes. He's a blatantly limited player.
How's one of the best prospects in Europe working out? Or are you going to quote at me his goal stats whilst ignoring your eyes. He's a blatantly limited player.
Felix problem was the price tag but he was always and still is clearly very talented a big talent.
Darwin had a poor touch in Portugal…let alone in England where the pressing and quality is higher.
He scored a lot….in Benfica. You have RJ understands that if your a striker for venfucs or Porto you will get many Goals. They dominate every game they play. You have to be different in order to standout.
Guys like Falcão, Hulk, Jackson, Bruno, Felix, Dias etc.
Dost scored a lot more and was a 1 goal every 3 shots in Portugal Kind of striker but I don’t think many people would want him.
Jackson Martinez was way better then Darwin but he still was a major flop.
I honestly don’t know how Benfica keeps getting these huge figures when a lot of their product flops.
They don’t even see half the money. Mendes pockets most of it Thats how he gets these fees.
Yep. Like I said if your a tall and strong striker you will succeed in our league. Our defence especially the smaller teams have nothing to counter it.
That’s why I was so hesitant on Darwin even though people were arguing otherwise because they saw some YouTube videos.
I feel like he'll be great, if he gets off to a flying start. But if he struggles at the start, i think it'll be hard for him to recover.
its one of those things, where confidence raises you up one notch - and i think he needs that to be a success, because he probably doesn't have the technique to fall back on at this moment in time.
its one of those things, where confidence raises you up one notch - and i think he needs that to be a success, because he probably doesn't have the technique to fall back on at this moment in time.
I honestly know feck all about Nunez, to be honest.
But, from reading your posts and other Portuguese followers in here - who know far more about him, than most - he doesn't really sound all too great!
Liverpool fans quite defensive on him already on Twitter.
It’s literally pre season
It’s not that he can’t be good because he’s only 22 but to pay 100M for him is insane. He is not anywhere near a 100M player.
50M at most for me.
He seems unimpressive from what I have seen from him - hopefully their jammy transfer magic has worn off and they are getting sub par players.
Aye, 100m seems absolutely insane!
I see a Lukaku-like trajectory if he gets it going.
That is, an actual decent to good level striker with good numbers in isolation (Lukaku’s overall record for club and country is pretty much 1 in 2 with a decent amount of assists) but when you actually watch him play with your eyes you can see there are some big limitations to his game that just can’t be overcome.
That is, an actual decent to good level striker with good numbers in isolation (Lukaku’s overall record for club and country is pretty much 1 in 2 with a decent amount of assists) but when you actually watch him play with your eyes you can see there are some big limitations to his game that just can’t be overcome.
How do Benfica keep getting away with it?
I think everyone's jumping the gun. Let him embarrass himself in the Premier League first
Donkey Darwin: The Return of Carroll. This time it’s extortionate.
Benefica are so good at selling players at inflated prices. Maybe the best around?
On this lad, he’ll be ok. He’ll score a lot of goals. I just ultimately think he doesn’t fit Liverpool that well, so overall the team will be worse with him in it. At least in the first season, I can see him benched for all the big games in favour of Jota, Diaz, and Salah.
On this lad, he’ll be ok. He’ll score a lot of goals. I just ultimately think he doesn’t fit Liverpool that well, so overall the team will be worse with him in it. At least in the first season, I can see him benched for all the big games in favour of Jota, Diaz, and Salah.
Isn't it the same Benfica that sold Renato Sanches for 80m, and Joao Felix for 120m?
No idea how they do it but they love to sell a dud for huge sums. Thank god we avoided Gaitan.
No idea how they do it but they love to sell a dud for huge sums. Thank god we avoided Gaitan.
Numbers back that one up i think, they hold the record for most net gain in the transfer market in the last decade it seems.
Sanches cost €35m when he went to Bayern - overpriced for sure but mostly because it completely set his career back. He's still only 24 and has been quite a tidy player for Lille (and for me has been pretty comfortably the best midfielder in the Portuguese NT setup for a couple years now).
Felix as well was overpriced and I think the same applies - he's set his career back with the move he made.
Darwin is in a different category - for me he's comfortably the worst player of the three.
People read far too much into pre season friendlies.
Did he play against Palace ?
I feel Haaland at City combined with Mane leaving has led to them uncharacteristically panicking and just looking at the top line.
They should have done what they've done many times in the past and held their nerve and gone in with what they already had until someone suitable became avaliable (Diaz looks a good replacement for Mane anyway).
He tried.
This lad will still score more in the league next year than Ronaldo if he stays. Just to balance out the thread. I’m enjoying how average he looks so far though. I just don’t see how someone who got those goals in the CL can pan out the way he’s being portrayed on here. Physically he looks like just the sort to turn in a lot of those crosses once Liverpool turn up the pressure (and get back on the inhalers)
Man I hope you’re right. That’d be glorious. Is this a Klopp signing gone wrong, now Michael Edwards is no longer guiding things?
They better not diagnose Nunez with asthma any time soon.
That's ridiculous.
The type of players they had in the front three, a false nine who can drop to midfield and two goal scorer wingers is the best way to go in my opinion. I think the best scenario for all parts would have been Havertz at Liverpool and Nunez at Chelsea.
We haven't played with a false 9 regularly for a while now. Firmino was 5th choice last season.