Darwin Núñez | Liverpool player | Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe shish
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
They weren’t the only club chasing him. We were after him also were we not?
They say that good players always seem to have time on the ball. He's the opposite, always looks kind of rushed and frantic.
He always did. Even in his good season he was over-performing to a ridiculous and unsustainable degree. Paying 100m for someone after one season like that in a poor league was a major gamble. I'm delighted we didn't end up buying him.
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@MUFC OK , what substances were you abusing when you watched this generational talent play hun? Can you apply to head up Liverpool's scouting network?
Nunez misses a chance, tries to pump up the crowd, Liverpool fan is on his feet and applauds.
But watch closely, the woman at the back, the one chewing the gum. She sees right through you, Nunez. She knows you are shit.
Have to say I didn't like the look of him at all when I first saw his highlight vids. Looked like he couldn't be on the path to either someone like Lukaku, or at an absolute peak of Haaland. I feel like he'll be decent enough, but he was never worth anything close to 100m, he's far too limited for that. He's a hard working poacher, who if you ask him to do something else, will let you down. It never really made sense for Liverpool other than as a sub... But they paid 100m.
Glad we passed on him. We need far more ability from our CF. Hold up play, link up play... Those are the 2 most important qualities for us IMO.
Glad we passed on him. We need far more ability from our CF. Hold up play, link up play... Those are the 2 most important qualities for us IMO.
Yeah. Nunez is bad technically, but I think if Klopp can sort out the midfield and let Nunez just play up top without being involved in the build up it could still work out decently.
He should have gone to Atletico and Joao Felix to Liverpool. Think both would be doing better in those drastically different setups.
If you look at the list of top scorers in the Portuguese league, it's clear how little that means. The last time one of them went on to become a world class player was... Eusebio in the 1960s? That league isn't much better than the Scottish PL. While Nunez did have a fairly good run in the CL, that's such a small sample size of games that it's similarly meaningless. Every year, some relatively unknown player impresses for a limited period of time before dropping back into obscurity. To pay that kind of money for a player who has had a single good season in a B-list league is kind of ridiculous. Even United should be a bit embarrassed to have been interested, but we didn't seem about to pay that sort of mental fee for him, so that's a relief.
When you watch him play, it's pretty clear that he just isn't that good. He doesn't look like an amazing talent that just has to adjust to a new league. It's usually easy to see when that's the case, and it isn't the case with him. He'll get some goals here and there, he's not downright terrible, but he doesn't show any signs of greater potential. He honestly reminds me a lot of Andy Carroll, and I don't mean that in a facetious way. He looks like an alright striker who can score some goals if he's the focal point of a team, but he isn't good enough to be the focal point of a team that actually aspires to win trophies in a top league.
When you watch him play, it's pretty clear that he just isn't that good. He doesn't look like an amazing talent that just has to adjust to a new league. It's usually easy to see when that's the case, and it isn't the case with him. He'll get some goals here and there, he's not downright terrible, but he doesn't show any signs of greater potential. He honestly reminds me a lot of Andy Carroll, and I don't mean that in a facetious way. He looks like an alright striker who can score some goals if he's the focal point of a team, but he isn't good enough to be the focal point of a team that actually aspires to win trophies in a top league.
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To be fair it was a hit the corner flag challenge.
Well then he seems to be shite anyway as he missed the corner flag too. I am still waiting for @Dumbstar to triple captain him. How did that go??
Uruguayan Ali Dia?
He obviously knew it was a foul, so wasn't really trying.
Saving that one were we?
Couldn’t help but throw that in your face. The giddiness of pool fans like yourself when he scored a fluke goal and fluked an assist with his miss control was to funny not to.Saving that one were we?
All teams get it wrong at one point or another. We’ve done the exact same thing with a certain player called Anthony.
Have we?
Lukaku level.
Martial? We overpaid for him, but he was great talent at that time.
Unfair. Lukaku couldn't run, couldn't link up, couldn't pass that well, but Lukaku could finish.
Nunez can only run (like a donkey when it sees you pick up a stone suggestively).
Nunez deal at 80m seemed a little weird for his level of ability. Then we went ahead and purchased Casemiro for 70m and Antony for 85. The deal looks perfectly normal now tbh.
I was talking about the other one but was Martial a great talent? He was a good youth prospect but he hardly played for Monaco same with Amad. Barely kicked a ball for Atalanta.
There are plenty of players that were probably overpayments; Martial, Antony, Sancho, Havertz, Grealish etc
The difference is that these guys are clearly good players. Whether they were worth what was paid is questionable but none of them struggle with the basics.
Nunez genuinely wouldn't stand out as a professional footballer in a local 5 a side team. He literally cannot control a football, can't pass, has no hold up play and his finishing is erratic. He is quick and makes decent runs in behind but in a 5 a side environment, there is no space to run into behind so half decent bricklayers and plumbers with a first touch would outshine him. Not even joking.
He has played 70 times (acc. to Transfermarkt) for Monaco before joining United. He has also won Golden boy award in 2015, in the year he joined United.
The other Anthony in our squad is a youth product, or am I wrong?
Neither of them are similar to Nunez.
Are Man Utd fans the biggest weirdos on fan forums?
Your avg Joe treats football with the tribal spirit that makes it special - defend own players, take the piss out of rival clubs and players.
Utd fans - enter a thread about a rival player who's been utterly wank and defend him by shitting on your own player.
Your avg Joe treats football with the tribal spirit that makes it special - defend own players, take the piss out of rival clubs and players.
Utd fans - enter a thread about a rival player who's been utterly wank and defend him by shitting on your own player.
To top it off, making a point about a player that played less than 5 games..
Especially considering that Liverpool have been good in the market recently, and this is their first big-money dud in a long while. It's our solemn duty to pile on.
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There's a lot of closet City and Liverpool fans on this forum, I'm utterly convinced.
Anthony will certainly eclipse Nunez this season - as I believe Utd will
Lukaku has 6 seasons scoring 20+ goals for several teams in top leagues and propelled one of them to a top title as POTY. You can show disdain for a poor player without posting nonsense.
Insult to Lukaku.
He was obviously trying to dink it to far post for the invisible third man runner there. Great play.
Nunez was £85m himself and probably the reason the market was inflated this summer.
Casemiro was £60m with add ons.
Biggest fraud in football currently?
He's also a quintuple Champions League winner and a terrible point of comparison, whether or not he succeeds at Utd.
Oh agreed. Just wasn’t sure why the poster added 10m to his fee and took 5m from Nunez.
I usually wouldn’t be pedantic but when the point of the post is the numbers then it’s kind of important.
Can’t believe I missed posts like these