Liverpool have spent a few hundred million pounds to load up their squad with more big guns. Darwin Nunez has in far too many games “shot with gunpowder”, and has been linked to an exit for months. Liverpool fans are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Alexander Isak, and confirmation that Nunez is done is therefore taken as a strong signal that Liverpool management believe they are close to signing a world-class striker reinforcement. On Friday, it came.
Arne Slot is getting ready for the Community Shield clash against Crystal Palace, but of course does not escape questions about Nunez. This time, the Liverpool manager can give a proper answer as opposed to the “we’ll see” answers in recent weeks.
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“It looks like Darwin (Nunez) is leaving the club, yes, but nothing has been signed yet, so we have to wait a few days and see until everything is in place, but there is definitely a possibility that he will leave the club (to Saudi Arabian club),” Arne Slot said at Friday’s press conference.
But questions about Alexander Isak steer Slot away.
– As you know, and I think it applies to both me and other coaches, you don’t talk about players who are not your own, says Slot.
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Nothing new about Isak (who doesn’t get to be part of the barbecue at Newcastle), but the fact that Slot can confirm Darwin Nunez “seems to be leaving the club”, we take as a positive signal that Liverpool are closing in on a giant signing at the top.
