His habits throughout Jurgen Klopp’s guard of honor revealed every little thing: Uruguayan striker Darwin Nunez is sad at Liverpool.
Nunez began the season brilliant however got here up quick when the Reds wanted him most, striving for a first-place end within the Premier League on the tail finish of the season. Nunez simply scored as soon as within the staff’s final 13 video games. His 38 big-chance misses mark probably the most by a Liverpool participant in a single time period.
Whereas he’d been far faraway from the beginning IX in early Might, the pissed off 24-year-old vented on his Instagram account by eradicating pictures and blocking followers on X.
Nunez’s actions appeared accomplished. However then Nunez took to a Uruguayan information outlet final Saturday to unleash additional.
Nunez feels removed from residence at Liverpool
“I really feel like my house is when I’m within the Nationwide Workforce,” mentioned Nunez, forward of Copa America 2024. “That is once you get collectively together with your individuals, you possibly can speak to everybody, and you’re feeling comfy within the Nationwide Workforce.
“My household is shut too; Each time I am going to the Nationwide Workforce I really feel like I’m at residence. I additionally like Almeria loads, there I met the love of my life with whom we shaped a really blissful household. Each time I am going to Almeria I’m very blissful too.”
Almeria, a second-division membership in Spain, is the place Nunez loved his breakout season earlier than persevering with to shine at Benfica earlier than heading in a £85 switch to Liverpool the next season. Regardless of Klopp being “fully satisfied” in Darwin’s potential early on and telling the participant to “screw” the criticism, followers stay unconvinced by Liverpool’s file switch. Nunez’s newest comportment reveals the worth paid mentally and bodily for extremely paid future prospects.
Now, new Liverpool boss Arne Slot decides Nunez’s future at Anfield with Barcelona ready to pounce on any switch hypothesis. Within the meantime, the ahead is all eyes on Copa America. He is scored 8 targets for La Celeste, the place he is now the primary striker.
“The Uruguayan individuals can get excited, the Copa América goes to be good. You at all times must get enthusiastic about these issues,” mentioned Nunez.
“We’re going to attempt to depart every little thing on the sphere in order that the outcomes end up properly and issues end up constructive.” Uruguay kicks off Copa America in opposition to Panama on June 23, with Nunez seeking to lead La Celeste to their record-setting sixteenth Copa America title.
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