Steve McManaman has been talking Darwin Nunez ahead of Liverpool vs Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday
Former Liverpool winger Steve McManaman insists allowances have not been made for Darwin Nunez's introduction to English football and believes his career could follow the trajectory of Mohamed Salah or Kevin De Bruyne.
Nunez is only in his second season at Liverpool and his relatively short career has been nomadic as, after leaving Penarol in Montevideo in 2019, he spent one season at Spanish second-tier side Almeria before moving to Benfica for two years and then switching to Anfield for a potential £85milllion club-record fee.
"We saw it with De Bruyne at Chelsea, Mo at Chelsea. You try to go and live in Uruguay tomorrow and get on with business it is bloody hard. You need to give them time to settle. Nunez took his goal tally to 16 with his midweek double, only two behind top scorer Salah, and has quietened detractors by hitting his best form at a timely point.
"I have every faith in him. I speak to the people at the club who say he works hard and tries to work on his finishing and overall play and hopefully he will get better and better."
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