Pundit issues ‘£100m’ Darwin Nunez claim after what he’s seen in person at Liverpool
Darwin Nunez silenced his critics after scoring the winning goal for Liverpool against West Ham on Wednesday (19 October).
That’s according to former Hibernian hitman Tam McManus, speaking exclusively to Football Insider about the 23-year-old’s form.
Nunez scored the only goal of the game as Liverpool beat West Ham 1-0 at Anfield on Wednesday.
McManus insists the only way to get Liverpool fans off his back is for Nunez to score more goals.
“I don’t think it has helped, coming in at the same time as Haaland,” McManus told Football Insider‘s Ben Wild.
“We all remember the Community Shield game when Nunez scored and Haaland didn’t. Liverpool fans were thinking they had got the better deal out of the two of them.
“When you pay that amount of money for a striker, say £100million, you expect them to score every week. They have to play and score every week.
“It’s not quite happened for him. He didn’t play great against Man City when he came on but getting the winning goal against West Ham will give him confidence.
“He looked sharper and I think that goal might just be a weight off his shoulders in terms of getting goals.
“There is plenty of competition for places at Liverpool so he needs to keep going. I think it’s great for him that he got the winning goal and the headlines.
“He is obviously a very good player. I was actually at Anfield for the game against Rangers and you could just sense that the fans were getting on him when he missed a few chances.
“I think the only thing he can do to turn it around is score goals.”
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