Speaking on The Athletic Football Podcast, David Ornstein has shared what he’s been hearing from some experts within football about Darwin Nunez amid links to Liverpool.
Nunez is set to sign for Liverpool in a club-record deal, and, as you can imagine, the excitement amongst the Reds’ fanbase is palpable.
However, people within the game have a few reservations about Nunez, especially when he’s going to cost £85m.
Indeed, Ornstein says that some people he has spoken to have raised concerns about his technical ability, while they also question his career credentials to date and whether or not he will prove to be worth the reported transfer fee.
What’s been said?
Ornstein spoke about Nunez.
“Liverpool have changed their tact slightly with this one, they’ve gone for a younger player who has only had one season of excelling in Portugal and doing well in the Champions League. If you speak to people in the game, they are intrigued by this one. That’s a polite way of putting it, they have reservations about him technically, about his career so far and whether he’ll be worth the money Liverpool will be paying,” Ornstein said.
Risky
You have to be rather naïve not to acknowledge that there’s a level of risk attached to this signing.
Yes, Nunez looks like a fantastic player, but as Ornstein says, he’s only had one good season, and even then that campaign hasn’t come in a top-five league.
Last term, he bagged just six in the league for Benfica, and while he’s improved over the past 12 months, this could just be an extended purple patch.
Nunez at £85m is a massive gamble by Liverpool, but as we all know, in recent years, the Reds have very rarely gotten these types of decisions wrong.
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