Former Liverpool star Steve Nicol has told Jurgen Klopp to start giving more minutes to Darwin Nunez.
The Reds signed Nunez from Benfica during the summer transfer window in a deal that could be worth £85.5million including add-ons. Should all of the add-ons be met the 23-year-old would be Liverpool’s club-record signing.
Nunez has two goals to his name so far in his six appearances in a Liverpool shirt. However, the one blemish to his Reds career came when he was shown a red card against Crystal Palace in his Anfield debut.
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Ex-Liverpool defender Nicol has called on Klopp to give more starts to Nunez. Nicol went on to explain why the summer signing is a better player than the likes of Roberto Firmino and Diogo Jota.
“When I saw the team, the first thing I did was check the subs to see if Nunez had picked up an injury,” Nicol told ESPN.
“You’ve got to get the guy in, get the guy minutes on the field and get him in tune with everybody - until you do that you won’t get the best out of him.
“As we all know, he’s not the finished article, he’s very raw but what he brings is completely different to what you get from Jota and Firmino, he gives you the two things they can’t do.
“Firmino is about possession, if you can get him holding the ball up and playing with Diaz and Salah that Firmino - I think he can do that - he just needs to get better at it and he can score goals because that’s what Jota is pretty much there for.
“He’s the little guy in the penalty box that’s meant to pop up and put the ball in the net because I don’t think he does particularly well when it comes to link-up play or holding the ball up.
“You get him on the field and in tune with everybody. If I’m a defender, I do not want to play against him, I’d rather play against Jota or Firmino than against him, absolutely every day of the week.
“This guys not going to get better until he gets minutes on the field. I don’t think the other two are particularly brilliant so get him on.”
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