Luis Suarez has revealed that he recommended incoming Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez to Barcelona earlier in his career.
Suarez – who is out of contract this summer at the end of his two-year stint at Atletico Madrid – made the recommendation to his former club Barca when Nunez was playing for Almeria in the Spanish second tier. However, the Blaugrana did not take up the advice and Nunez subsequently joined Portuguese giants Benfica last summer in a £20million deal.
Nunez bagged an impressive 34 goals in all competitions in his debut season in Lisbon – including in both legs of their European clash against the Reds at the quarter-final stage, taking his goal tally in the competition to six for the campaign – with Liverpool winning the race to his signature.
