I am absolutely delighted we have not spent 100 M euros on this guy.
With his technical flaws and pressure of stepping up from the Portuguese to Premier League, he is a very high risk signing. Very likely he will fail miserably. At the very least, will come nowhere close to justifying his price tag. Very few players who go for that much actually do.
Pool were due a signing like this for a long while. They’ve been too spot on with each signing it’s been painful to watch. Adding Nunez, losing 100 M euros and losing Mane to Bayern will def weaken them.
City on the other hand just signed Haaland who will score goals for fun in that team. Only way that turns out poorly is if he has a bad injury record or if he upsets the dressing room dynamics with his salary.
So you're saying Nunez a definite 100% flop and Haaland a definite 100% success, injuries and standard bollocks aside?
You could be right
Problem is that Kane has never shown a bad first touch or deficiencies that Nunez has ever since he became a first team player at Spurs. Klopp is incredible, of course, but I'm hopeful this is their first 'bad' signing in a while, because they are sue one. There's enough to look at him and think he'll be a success but there's also enough to look at him and see a Lukaku. One poster said he was a Fergie type signing but I disagree because Fergie never had a striker who had a bad first touch. Maybe Klopp can make him the best striker in the World but for me this is a hopeful punt after City signing Haaland which, for me, means Liverpool are now 10 points off them in the League.
Edit: in fact Liverpool would have been better off spending that sort of money on Kane, a much better all around player. Now can the Liverpool players adapt, for the first time under Klopp, at playing with a proper 9 who is useless in the build up? That remains to be seen.
You could be right too.....
Personally I don't know enough about Nunez to make a prediction..... although it's interesting that Benfica paid a national record sum to acquire him from Almería - and they're particularly well versed in spotting talent and picking up bargains originating from South America then selling them on for huge profits.
It also looks like Nunez has suffered some knee issues which could be a red flag (especially at the fees involved) but could also help to explain his less than stellar output prior to his 'breakout' season last year.
To be extremely clear I don't want this lad at United (although this may come back to bite me on the arrus
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One thing is a certain though. Both posters I've quoted, amongst others on the Caf appear to believe, or maybe hope - DEFINITELY hope
- that this signing is a 'knee jerk punt' and a faux pas by the formerly much maligned but currently much vaunted transfer committee at Pool.
And that I can't agree with because there is no basis in reality for doing so.