“Luis Diaz was the best player in the Portuguese league and we got him. After he left, Darwin Nunez was the best player in the Portuguese league and we got him. He’ll be fine here.”
The Portuguese transfer market has served Liverpool well in recent years, with assistant manager Pep Lijnders’ faith in club-record signing Nunez ultimately proven justified during his first season at Anfield.
While the Uruguayan hasn’t quite enjoyed the same instant electric impact of the Colombian in what has been a difficult campaign for the Reds overall, a return of 15 goals is certainly respectable. Still only 23, the best is still to come.