Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler has admitted that he’s uncertain whether or not Darwin Nunez would be capable of dwell as much as followers’ expectations and emerge as a prolific goalscorer.
Liverpool signed Nunez for a staggering €80 million payment from Benfica final summer season. The Uruguayan center-forward has since featured in 42 video games for the Anfield outfit in all competitions, scoring 15 instances and claiming 4 assists.
Fowler, who scored 183 targets in 369 video games for the Reds throughout competitions, has criticized Nunez over his lack of effectivity. The cult hero believes Nunez has the standard to create probabilities and rating targets however is uncertain whether or not he would be capable of turn into an elite striker.
Talking to Premier League Productions, the previous England worldwide stated:
“To this point he’s (too wasteful). I stated earlier than the present, he might be a participant.
“He might be a handful and he’ll take probabilities. And he’ll rating targets. However to the extent, Liverpool followers assume he’ll rating the targets? I’m not certain we’ll see that.”
Nunez, 23, has scored 9 instances in 29 Premier League video games this season, lacking a whopping 20 massive probabilities up to now. Solely the league’s main goalscorer (35 targets), Manchester Metropolis’s Erling Haaland, has missed extra massive probabilities (26) than him.
Arsenal legend Ian Wright backs Liverpool ace Darwin Nunez to return good within the 2023-24 season
Former Arsenal star Ian Wright believes Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez will flip his fortunes round within the 2023-24 season. Wright has outlined the variety of goalscoring alternatives Nunez has been getting and feels he’ll begin changing them when he will get extra aggressive subsequent season.
When requested if Nunez would have a greater second season at Anfield, Wright advised BBC One’s Match of the Day program:
“Completely, particularly whenever you see the possibilities that he’s getting, the possibilities he’s lacking.
“Subsequent season he’ll liven himself up, get extra intense in respect of his goalscoring, after which he’ll end these. I’m not anxious for him.”
Nunez has not discovered the again of the online since scoring within the 6-1 win over Leeds United on 18 April. His poor goalscoring run has saved him from changing into a mainstay in Jurgen Klopp’s XI, with him solely beginning 19 of his 29 Premier League video games this season.
