Liverpool news: Pep Lijnders’ advice to Darwin Nunez

Ever since signing for Liverpool in the summer of 2022 for an initial £64m, Uruguayan striker Darwin Nunez has been under scrutiny.

The 25-year-old registered 11 Premier League goals and eight assists last season, with much conversation around some of the chances he missed.

“With social media and how the world is now, these players go through moments when it’s like the whole world has an opinion,” says former Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders in a new Amazon Prime documentary.

“For players nowadays, it’s really important that that cannot take the confidence away.”

In a filmed conversation between the Dutch coach and Nunez, Lijnders tells the striker: “Some players are just about scoring, but you’re becoming more and more of an assist-provider, but I still think you’ve got so much to offer.”