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There were moments, flashes, when Darwin Nunez had looked like the player that Liverpool thought that they were investing three years ago, with the capture of record of the Anfield team by leaving the brand during the beginnings in the community shield.
Who can forget the breathtaking skill of Uruguayan while the Reds of ten men exceeded Newcastle United in St James’ Park in August 2023, with Nunez briefly resembling the player who had succeeded 48 goals in just 85 games for former club Benfica.
Unfortunately, for all those concerned, these displays have been rare to date, with the chaotic nature of the prodigal striker looking distinctly in contradiction with the cool style and composed of football by Arne Slot.
This chasm has made Natle nakely only seven times in all competitions in 2024/25, having notably been limited to eight departures from Premier League. An outing – most likely to serie a champions Napoli – now appears an inevitability before the next quarter.
With Luis Diaz earning the admiration for those of Barcelona, the need for a new figure to direct the line was only an increase. Enter, a high level target …
Liverpool Plotting offers for a high level profile
187 million pounds sterling have already been spent to acquire Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez, although with funds that should be rated among the potential sales of Nunez and Diaz – alongside the release of Jarell Quansah at 35 million pounds Sterling – there could still be an additional activity for the location and CO in the coming weeks.
The Merseysiders were notably linked to a decision for the starlet of Eintracht Francfurt, Hugo Ekitike, with the 23 -year -old who would have become a higher target, in the middle of his ability to present the left or in a central role.
This versatility is also a characteristic of the Real Madrid star game, with reports in Spain, suggesting that Liverpool is part of a trio of premier league clubs who wish to sign the highly classified Brazilian.
The suggestion is that, with Manchester City and Arsenal, the side of Anfield is in the mixture of the signature of the young woman of 24, the report describing that they have already been “informed” of the situation of the player.
Not only was it apparently created, but the play also points out that Liverpool is ready and willing to submit an offer to the former Santos starlet, with previous reports indicating that it could order costs of around 75 million pounds.
With athletics noting that Rodrygo could be made available by the Giants of Laliga this summer, after playing a role of part for Xabi Alonso during the club World Cup, it could now be the ideal moment for Slot to jump.
Why Liverpool needs to sign Rodrygo
Having seen Trent Alexander-Arnold join the Spanish outfit for costs of around 10 million pounds sterling earlier this summer, the Reds could more than recover the on them by granting the unstable Rodrygo of the Bernabeu.
At just 24 years old, Brazil International offers this perfect mixture of young people and experience, after having already spent six seasons in Madrid, after its arrival of 38 million pounds Sterling in the summer of 2019.
Such an agreement could cause memories of the capture of a certain Fernando Torres from the Spanish capital in 2007, the prolific attacker changing at the age of 23, having proven himself for Atletico Madrid.
Like Rodrygo – who scored 68 goals in 270 games for Los Blancos – Torres was an indisputable star in Laliga, with this first fate in Atleti, seeing him reach two figures for the league goals during each of his first five seasons.
Such a red heated form has been more than reproduced in Anfield, with “El Nino” dazzling finally alongside Steven Gerrard and CO, having terrorized defenses in the country over the next four years.
A return of 81 goals in 142 games is certainly not to sniff, certainly not compared to the return of Nunez of only 40 goals in 143 games so far, having been greeted as “among the best” of the division by Rafa Benitez then.
Similar praise have been divided by the former trainer-Madrid, Carlo Ancelotti, in relation to Rodrygo, the emblematic Italian appointing his young winger as one of the “best players in the world”, alongside Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Jr and Kylian Mbappe.
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Rodrygo’s Laliga record so far |
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Season |
Games |
Objectives and assists |
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2024/25 |
30 |
12 |
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2023/24 |
34 |
15 |
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2022/23 |
34 |
18 |
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2021/22 |
33 |
8 |
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2020/21 |
22 |
7 |
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2019/20 |
19 |
2 |
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Statistics via the transfer market |
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While the Rodrygo star was attenuated by this trio, it is difficult to deny his quality, the sniper of the feet of fleet already marking 25 times in just 65 appearances in the Champions League for his current team. By comparison, Torres scored 20 times in 79 career outings in the Europe Elite competition.
Although it is not necessarily a central center by trade, the man of 75 million pounds sterling could imitate Diaz by offering a more fluid and mobile option in the middle, with Ancelotti suggested before in the past that the new number could be best suited to him, because his “forces are his movement”.
Having already seen Torres make a gentle transition to live in England, after leaving Madrid behind, I hope that Roddrygo can follow the plunge this summer.
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