While Darwin Nunez played for an amateur team in Uruguay, what Cody Gakpo is doing on holiday

Jürgen Klopp is counting down the days until he has a full squad to start the 2023 pre-season, which will begin this time in Germany, with two confirmed fixtures. The first against Karlsruher and Fürth, on 19 and 24 July respectively. The German coach returns home and hopes to do so with back-to-back victories.

Cody Gakpo, who played in the UEFA Nations League semi-final and third place games, both of which he started and played the entire game, now finds himself in a very special place for him and his family. And according to This is Anfield, the Dutchman is in Todo, the land where his father was born, bringing the whole community to a standstill.

While Gakpo continues to be humbled, Darwin Nunez remains an unknown quantity for this season. Following the recent confirmation that the Uruguayan striker will wear the number '9', Nunez declined the chance to represent his country this FIFA World Cup break under new Uruguay national team coach Marcelo Bielsa.

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Although Darwin's origins are in playing for an amateur club, and then making the leap to Penarol, now in the great global showcase that is the Premier League, Nunez has not shone as expected. Klopp has remained tight-lipped about what he expects from his strikers, but sent a message between the lines, saying no one has a secure place in attack.