Ben Foster says Liverpool star is a “handful” looks like he “has already had his head turned”

Speaking on his podcast, Ben Foster says that Nunez is destined for a summer exit after his start to the new year.

Foster said: “I don’t think he’s a weak link, because I still think he’s a handful. And any defence coming up against him would worry about him because he’s so physically capable, and he can do things that other strikers just can’t do. He’s a little bit like Erlen Haaland in that sense, that he can create so much just for himself, just because of how big and athletic and strong he is.

“But I think the thing that Liverpool fans are a little bit disappointed with, a little bit disillusioned with, is that he misses so many big chances, so many big chances. And that’s, if they can replace that with a killer, with what’s going to happen with Trent or Virgil and Mohamed Salah, nobody really knows fully yet, that’s one position they need to get right, one position they need to get right.

“But it does, that’s enough of a statement for me from Arne Slot to say that I’m not happy with this.

“Usually Darwin, whether he misses or scores, he works his socks off, he does it properly, he gets back and he wants to win the ball back and he’s not even doing that now. That smells of a player who has already had his head turned.”