Darwin Nunez

[The Nomad]

Record (the paper that broke the initial story yesterday) say Benfica have agreed our proposal.

https://www.record.pt/futebol/futeb...nda-milionaria-conheca-os-detalhes-do-negocio

 

[tombrown]

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Was the fastest speed the speed at which Man City fans decided they didn’t want to win the Champions League after all, after the final whistle in the 2nd leg of their semi final against RM?

No - it was the departing Real Madrid fans running back into the Bernebau in the 91st minute of the semi final

 

[StevieM]

So… you sayin…. We’ve Awarded Darwin with a contract?

 

[StevieM]

As long as it’s Darwin… and not Dardraw or Darlose… I’ll see myself out….

 

[keniget]

Funnily, it seems that - on the surface at least - that Nunez has the same profile as Origi who Klopp was never really interested in playing.

 

[Best Believe It]

I suspect if we'd seen the same Divock that played against Dortmund on a consistent basis it might have been a different story

 

[Hyena]

I am exremely unenthusiastic about this signing and the price tag. Let's hope my record of being shit at assessing strikers continues.

 

[Hyena]

Any higher than 80m and I think we should go in with a 120m bid for Kane instead.

 

[rubans]

Kane will be 29, I can’t see us spending that much on him despite being a great fit.
Nunez does look the business and I’m basing it all on just 2 games against us so I would be fine with the theory of Darwin evolution this time.

 

[My_Blood_Bleeds_Red]

If Nunez ends up scoring more goals than Haaland, i reckon the Fume may suffer another meltdown. That alone will be worth the price of Nunez's fee.

 

[Hyena]

I think sets a bad precedent. Now EVERY mfkin striker in Europe is going to play the game of their lives against us, to get a Klopp hug!

 

[Red rose]

😀

 

[Red rose]

 

[Frogfish]

Pace and height, one asset we require in our attackers and one asset we're missing up front (bar Jota's propensity to score headed goals by timing his runs perfectly). This should also benefit us at set pieces, not only because of the danger he poses but because it takes some of the defensive pressure off of Virgil/Matip/Konate. Long may our run of set piece kings continue !

 

[rurikbird]

Crap, I was just about to post that he doesn’t play anything like Cavani and those comparisons are superficial and wrong…

 

[Frogfish]

More on ...

Darwin Nuñez clocked 36.5km/h top speed in UCL campaign that wrapped up, which is 0.03 less than Alphonso Davies, one of the fastest player out there. Comparison, Salah's top speed clocked in at 33.71km/h

 

[Frogfish]

Redcafe : I hate this nightmare we are living in where Liverpool are seriously linked to some of the best and most expensive players in the world. It seems like only yesterday when they were throwing away hard earned money on the likes of Carroll and Benteke. God I hate Klopp and his wife who for mysterious reasons thinks that Liverpool is paradise on earth. What’s not to like in Barcelona for Christ sake!

 

[DHSC]

It's going to be such a downer when he joins Man U.

 

[rurikbird]

 

[keniget]

It's done. Things never get this noisy in the media these days unless it's pretty much a done deal.

 

[mom]

He’s gonna be boss. Trust in Klopp.
Blimey, when the board don’t spend we moan, when they do, we moan.

 

[Red rose]

He’s gonna be boss. Trust in Klopp.
Blimey, when the board don’t spend we moan, when they do, we moan.

yeh I trust in Klopp turning doubters into believers, he knows what he’s doing …🙂

 

[Hansern]

 

[Brizzle]

The fact that United want him and that we may get him would make this even sweeter... that and knowing that Darwin, Diaz, Jota, Firmino, Fabinho, Alisson all speak the same language!

 

[the count]

The fact that United want him and that we may get him would make this even sweeter... that and knowing that Darwin, Diaz, Jota, Firmino, Fabinho, Alisson all speak the same language!

Am I missing something here?
Nunez and Diaz are native Spanish speakers while Jota, Firmino, Fabinho and Allisson are native Portuguese speakers.
Or are you assuming that both Diaz and Nunez can speak Portuguese because they played some of their football in Portugal

 

[Woland]

I definitely don't know what I'm on about here but I've definitely heard that Spanish and Portuguese share quite a lot of the same words, but the order and pronunciation is all out of whack. I mean given a few weeks you would expect those guys to be able to communicate on basic terms ok. It's not like English and Welsh.

 

[Hansern]

When even Diaz and Jones could communicate after a few weeks then Spanish and Portuguese wont be much of a stretch.

 

[DHSC]

Thiago is probably the glue.

 

[Woland]

On Nunez... I mean it can't be a panic buy because that's not how we roll these days... but he doesn't seem to fit the profile of what Klopp has been trying to build before. I'd be sceptical if the scouting team hadn't been so prolific. I'm guessing that this means Klopp's second great Liverpool side will look quite a bit different to his first.

 

[the count]

I think its quite the assumption that just because the lads played in Portugal they will be able to speak Portuguese.
Harry Kane has played his whole career in England yet hardly has a word of English.