He isn't going to Spurs or Arsenal for sure.
Darwin Núñez / signs for Liverpool
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He isn't going to Spurs or Arsenal for sure.
If he comes here, he could be Kane, or he could be Carroll.
Spurs are offering Champions League football and the opportunity to play under Conte. I would not be as quick to write off their chances in securing him over Man Utd, if true. Although unsure Conte is going to go two up front.
I really prefer Richarlison but interested to see how this works out. Any reason why he never got minutes for Uruguay?
I think that STK is a top priority second only to a DM. Having said that I have concerns about spending 70m on Nunez especially since there are question marks whether he's worth the price tag. In my opinion there are cheaper options around that deserve a second look. I am referring to the likes of Scamacca, Simeone, Schick, Awoniyi and Pukki
Has Nunez issued a don't come and get me plea yet like De Jong? 
Nah not yet but I heard he has issued a new open bus ticket for your lot to celebrate that alternate Champions League trophy in Portugal though.Has Nunez issued a don't come and get me plea yet like De Jong?
Has Nunez issued a don't come and get me plea yet like De Jong?
You might be in for him yourselves with your two main men departing in the next 12 months!
Can’t take that kind of gamble at the prices being quoted. Andy Carroll has been released by WBA, we should just sign him on a free and use the money for DM/CM.
He would be a guarantee starter there with lacca gone.
Us and Arsenal should both be looking at Abraham, Núnez and Isak. Any of these 3 would be a huge signing for either club and a great long-term investment.
They have Nketiah who was doing pretty well toward the end of the season, but agreed they could also do with him.
Prefer him as well.
Ah, old report 2 day old news as your own Delaney at it again
So many conflicting scouting reports on him. What is the opinion of people who have regularly watched him? Is he someone who can step to PL level?
They should work in front of crowds of 75000 filled with spectators who’ve paid £45 a ticket if they want parity.
Tell us you're a Tory, without telling us you're a Tory.
Voted Labour all my life and I’ll never vote for that scum.
What's with the parity comment? Or did I not get the sarcasm?
I think it’s stupid to compare nurses wages to footballers wages because it’s obvious why footballers are paid more? That’s not to say nurses aren’t underpaid because they obviously are but I’ve always hated that comparison, it’s never made sense.
Black guys not supposed to get money no?
Doesn’t matter, we’ll never be able to replace Origi and Minamino.
We need to offer him a very good pay or else he'll never come here.
No CL football with us.
No CL football with us.
Yep good post and exactly how I see it. I think some fans have this idea that the team has to be perfectly symmetrical but I could certainly see a lopsided team with Nunez and Ronaldo floating on the left with Bruno and Sancho moved further to the right side.
He's got the passing range of McTominay, dribbling of Wan-Bissaka and the first touch of Lukaku. Erik came up against him for 180 minutes where he completed a total of 8/18 passes.
Still the gullible fanbase and United are desperate to waste half their budget for him to come to a possession-based team working in tight spaces because they saw him finish off a couple of counter-attacks with acres of space in the CL. There's no end to the frustration as a sensible United fan.
Still the gullible fanbase and United are desperate to waste half their budget for him to come to a possession-based team working in tight spaces because they saw him finish off a couple of counter-attacks with acres of space in the CL. There's no end to the frustration as a sensible United fan.
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And he's got twice as many goals as all of them put together, including key champions league winners against elite competition.
Don't get me wrong, I'm on the record as doubting his technique but we have a severe lack of non-Ronaldo goals in this side. Buying goalscorers is rarely cheap.
So sensible United fan Vs totally dopey experienced football coach who watched him over 2 legs in the flesh and seems to want to buy him? Is that where we're taking this?
Nkunku would be a miles better goalscorer who can actually dribble and do one-twos through parked buses. If we can't get him we need to get a young, cheap option in who still has resale value if he flops. Signing Nuñez for around £80m on high wages will be worse than Chelsea signing Lukaku and will set us back years, also possibly have Erik sacked since he won't have funds to spend on other positions.
Another gullible fan taking indykaila tweets as gospel. If we buy Nuñez it'd be a club/Murtough signing forced upon him because the club thinks they know best as usual. Erik will be forced to come out and claim he wanted him not to undermine the player though, so you won't get your beloved reports backing this up.
I’ve seen this mentioned a few times in various threads but seen and heard different things. But is ETH even really a possesion based coach. Yes rather have more of the ball than the other team every coach wants that, but he moved the ball vertically between the lines quite a lot with fast interchanges of positions and passing from what I’ve seen of him. Not particularly a system that will live and die by the first touch of the forward although if he can at least pop it off first time and spin inbehind or reposition himself to make an option then he’ll have done half the job required.
Give him chances and it looks like he knows how to score in many different varying fashions. Works hard, scores goals. Sounds a bit like a certain Cavani but with the added bonus of being quick over the grass.
The fees mentioned are ridiculous, unless this swap deal is true but hopefully 60 mil is it at its max because anything more and it will be a massive gamble.
However we’ve spent big on supposed dead certs before and they’ve failed horribly. Lukaku, Pogba, Maguire, DiMaria
You can bet your house on that Erik wants us to play a high line with interchanging positions and combinations of play between striker, forwards, midfielders and full-backs though. If he dares playing such a high line with De Gea sweeping remains to be seen. We'll face parked buses in 80% of PL games however, where Nuñez will have no space which he has in abundance in Primeira Liga and CL.
Ive not seen much of him, but in a summer where we cant really spend £70m+ on a player, seems weird we may spend that on him, to me he doesnt seem to be a £70m player jsut like Lukaku was never a £70m player either, both seem to lack the all round game or genuine start quality to me.
DeJOng for £60m I understand but still think when even at his age we ave one of the best strikers in the world for another season, makin gour huge signing a striker seems strange regardless of if he is good enough or not.
DeJOng for £60m I understand but still think when even at his age we ave one of the best strikers in the world for another season, makin gour huge signing a striker seems strange regardless of if he is good enough or not.
Have you ever watched Haller play? Quite possibly the worst passer I've ever seen in the Premier League. Ten Hag did ok with him though because he played to his strengths - finishing, heading, decent pace. That's what he would do with Darwin as well if he wants him, play to his strengths.
Yep. Unfortunately it's pretty obvious that wages are based on the amount of people that can do your job, rather than value to society as a whole.
Haller has really good feet for his size, he just wasn't mobile enough playing alone in acres of space for a hoofball club like West Ham. Nuñez on the other hand would suit West Ham perfectly, rubbish with the ball but mobile and decent finisher. In other words playing to his strengths is playing Ole/Moyes counter attack ball. Something I, for one, am tired of.
Things seem to have died down around him?
Thats a good comparison. Particularly as Cavani has never been technically that great. Often a bit sloppy with his linkup play. Nunez has the same workrate but is faster, taller and younger. Whether he ever reaches Cavani's level remains to be seen, but it proves the point that you don't have to have a velvet touch to be a great goalscorer.
Nkunku gives me Sancho vibes. Clearly a good player but I don't think he's going to put up those numbers in the Prem. I suspect defenders are going to worry a lot more about Nunez than Nkunku, but let's see. I'd be happy with either. It depends how Erik wants to set up his attacking play.
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