The ridiculous comparison between The Machine Núñez and one of Liverpool's worst ever players

When the arrival of a new Uruguayan striker was made official for Liverpool for the 2022-2023 season, many people thought back to the years when Luis Suarez was the Liverpool attacking benchmark. However, Darwin Núñez has not been able to live up to those expectations and comparisons have not been made with his national team-mate, but rather with those strikers who spent the night on Merseyside.

Even before Núñez made a rebound in his level in October, the comparisons after his poor performance and his high cost quickly earned him the nickname of the "new Andy Carroll", claiming early on that just as happened a few years ago with the Englishman, now this striker would go through the same process where his poor performances without scoring would lead him to leave the English institution quickly.

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Although in recent weeks the comparisons had calmed down with his good appearances in both Premier League and Champions League, the blunders he made in front of goal revived the issue again, but now, the comparison was made by the former Irish striker, Tony Cascarino, who said that Nunez is now only an improved version of one of his former teammates who now plays for A.C. Milan. "Darwin Nunez is only a minor improvement on Divock Origi and is not the right man to lead the Liverpool line."

The former striker born in St Paul's Cray, Kent, England, having been an expert of the final third of the pitch during the 80's and 90's feels that the Charrúa does not have the technical level to be able to be a Liverpool referent, as every time the ball comes to his feet he tends to lose it quickly. "The Uruguayan international doesn't look good enough technically and loses the ball too quickly".

Núnez compared to Andy Carroll

The surprising thing about the situation is that after Tony Cascarino's statements, a large sector of Liverpool fans expressed their opposition to the Irishman on social networks, with the vast majority agreeing that Nunez is still not the decisive striker that Liverpool need so much, but during these games where he has seen activity, everyone has noticed improvements in his individual and collective football that have made him shine and be among the most effective strikers of the last month in England, a situation that still fills with hope all the Reds fans.