Over the 18 months they were both plying their trade in the Primeira Liga, Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez were on opposite sides of a fractious divide. But then Liverpool took them from Porto and Benfica respectively, in the hope of uniting the best player from each of Portugal’s two most successful clubs in a devastating new look attack.
They have had very little time to forge a relationship in the Reds’ opening three friendlies of the summer. While both have featured in each match, they were not on the pitch together for the games with Manchester United and Crystal Palace.
Even when they did line up alongside each other, against RB Leipzig, they were granted just 15 minutes in which to make an impression. While they didn’t combine for anything of note, there were hints – particularly from Diaz – of what may lie ahead.
