Liverpool news: Pundit issues ‘big’ Darwin Nunez claim – ‘you need to be careful’
Alan Hutton has told Liverpool to “be careful” with Darwin Nunez.
Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, the former Tottenham and Aston Villa defender insisted Jurgen Klopp needs to curb Nunez’s disciplinary problems.
The 22-year-old has been no stranger to controversy since his arrival at Anfield in the summer.
The forward was sent off for headbutting Crystal Palace’s Joachim Andersen in the Reds’ second Premier League game of the season.
Nunez’s petulance has spilled over into his international performances for Uruguay.
The striker was booked in his side’s game against Ghana after kicking at the penalty spot the Ghanian players were protecting.
Hutton urged Klopp not to take the fire out of Nunez.
“I think it is very difficult,” he told Football Insider.
“That is in his nature, it is his character. You want to try and calm him down slightly but if you do it too much, I think you take away a big part of what he is all about on the pitch.
“You need to be careful. Yes you can’t get sent off for silly tackles or pushing people but you do not want to take it too much away from him because then he is not the same player.
“You look at the likes of [Alfredo] Morelos at Rangers, when you try and calm him down too much he is not the same player.
“But if anybody can control him it would be the likes of Jurgen Klopp.“
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