In the 2024/25 season, Liverpool once again rose to the top of the Premier League throne, this in Arne Slot’s debut season. Expectations were huge for this season, which started with player purchases last summer at an astronomical £440 million. It turned out that players like Trent Alexander-Arnold, Luis Diaz and even Darwin Nunez were more important to Slot’s team machinery than Liverpool fans had thought. Now it is reported that the Uruguayan striker can surprisingly face a return to Anfield.
There was never a great success for Darwin Nunez in the Liverpool shirt, the timing of entering the Premier League scene as a striker, while Erling Haaland in 2022 and direct comparison of performances, definitely did not help. Last summer, the Uruguayan international just as well left the UEFA region and gravitated to Saudi Arabian money bins. Surprisingly, Nunez could return to Liverpool.
Nunez left the Reds last summer after three mixed seasons on Merseyside, and it was expected that he would regain some confidence in the Saudi Pro League with Al Hilal. However, things have not gone according to plan for the Uruguayan, who was not registered for the second half of the season. As a result, Nunez is on the market this summer, and according to Spanish Mundo Deportivo , the striker is eager to return to Liverpool.
Although Nunez’s exit from Liverpool felt right, the season without him made the supporters notice what they had lost with his sale. Although his qualities were sometimes lacking, Nunez was an extremely hardworking and fast attacker, and his loyalty to the shirt was never questioned.
According to the Spanish media, Liverpool see their former player as a “low-cost option” and there is a chance that he could even leave the Saudi club on a free transfer. Nunez himself is said to be eager to return to Liverpool.
The Reds are waiting for Hugo Ekitike’s return from injury, then the possibility of signing Nunez on a free transfer is certainly worth considering.
