Liverpool flop sold for £12m is now outscoring Nunez in PL

Did Liverpool look nervy in opposition to Wolverhampton Wanderers final weekend, or have been Arne Slot’s facet merely enduring a disjointed efficiency?

Let’s not overlook that Liverpool nonetheless received the job achieved, beat the Outdated Gold to leap again right into a seven-point lead on the prime of the Premier League.

It was a match that referred to as for help from the bench, with Wataru Endo being named the Man of the Match and Conor Bradley including power rather than Trent Alexander-Arnold at right-back.

Nevertheless, Darwin Nunez had no such luck at quantity 9.

Darwin Nunez’s performances

Nunez, 25, has been considered one of Liverpool’s most outstanding figures over the previous a number of years however he was linked with a switch to the Saudi Professional League in January after little signal of progress since arriving from Benfica.

The Uruguay worldwide is tenacious and multi-faceted, however he is additionally wasteful and uncommanding as a focal frontman, solely scoring six targets throughout 34 matches for Slot this season.

Towards Wolves, Nunez didn’t take a shot, make a key cross and even try a dribble throughout his 26 minutes of motion plus stoppage time, as per Sofascore. Furthermore, he misplaced each of his floor duels and accomplished solely half of his eight tried passes.

See the desk beneath. The South American is working out of corners to show.

The difficulty is that he hasn’t improved, with the ossification of his talent set main many rivals to take a look at the reported £85m price ticket with derision.

4 targets merely is not ok for Liverpool’s club-record ahead, not least as a result of he is being outscored within the Premier League by a former Reds prospect in Harry Wilson.

How Harry Wilson’s doing for Fulham

Fulham signed Wilson for a £12m charge in July 2021, a product of Liverpool’s academy however discovered his alternatives restricted below Jurgen Klopp, solely making two senior appearances.

Now 27, he is been a mainstay within the Cottagers’ first group over the previous a number of seasons, taking part in vital roles each within the Premier League and the second tier and even being described as “the footballer’s footballer” by Wales boss Craig Bellamy, who was praising his work-rate and mindset, permitting friends to feed into his method.

A technically proficient participant, the left-footer arcs in from the correct flank and utilises his shifty actions and natural-born intuition in entrance of aim to impress.

He is scored 5 occasions within the prime flight this time period having solely began eight occasions, so he is clearly doing one thing proper.

Actually, he ranks among the many prime 4% of attacking midfielders and wingers within the Premier League this time period for non-penalty targets scored per 90, as per FBref, suggesting that he may certainly make an impression within the present Liverpool squad, making use of reduction for Mohamed Salah.

With Nunez solely bagging 4 Premier League strikes this time period after such profligacy over the earlier two years, it solely serves to focus on the fumble that led Klopp to pursue the striker.

One factor’s for positive, he is extra medical in entrance of aim than Nunez proper now, regardless of his lowly market worth of £14m, as per Transfermarkt.

Sadly, the Wales worldwide fractured his foot on the finish of January and may very well be out of motion till mid-April, however whether or not Nunez, who has scored in solely considered one of his previous 12 top-flight matches, will be capable of catch him is one other query.