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Darwin Nunez was compared to Haaland. And while not scoring as many goals as Haaland, I think Darwin Nunez has the potential. He is not a worse player than Haaland. Since Liverpool's entire team was unstable. So we don't get a better performance than Darwin Nunez. If the Liverpool coach is able to stabilize the squad next season, we will probably see more goals from Darwin Nunez.

Sure, Darwin Nunez isn't a bad player. But he isn't comparable with Haaland. The number of goals means a lot, mate. It indicates how the performance of a player, especially since he is a striker (CF). You can see that the number of Nunez's goals in the last season is even not half of Haaland's total goals. Nunez's contribution to the field is also not as significant as Haaland's contribution. So, I'm not sure if Nunez has a chance to perform like Haaland in the next season. Although he is quite skillful but he doesn't have a good mentality as Haaland.

Nunez was predicted to play an important role in his squad after showing a very impressive performance at his old club, but in reality he had difficulty adapting to Liverpool which made him unable to show his best game. While Haaland didn't take long to adapt to Manchester City, he immediately became the new idol of the Etihad public due to his prowess in scoring goals. Haaland was more successful than Nunez in his first season in his at EPL career, he was able to bring Manchester to their first treble winner as well as being the top scorer in the EPL and UCL.
After going through a first season at Liverpool that was not too impressive, Nunez had to try hard to improve his performance like when he was defending Benfica. I can't say Nunez is a failed purchase for Liverpool because he has just finished one season with Liverpool.

I cannot ignore the fact that Nunez's transition to Liverpool has been far from seamless. Haaland's success at Manchester City starkly contrasts with Nunez's struggles. But to blame Nunez alone for this would be unfair. Football is a team sport, and the performance of one player is significantly influenced by the overall team performance. I think the team's declining performance was a major factor in Nunez's difficulties in finding his footing. But this was only his first season, and judging him solely based on this would be premature. Nunez is a player of significant quality, as his past performances indicate. I strongly believe he will bounce back in the next season and make a valuable contribution to Liverpool.

Haaland has got a stable squad. And got an experienced coach. Every Manchester City player is very helpful. The bond between the players is very good. And so Haaland has no problem adapting to this team. He has been able to adapt easily to City's players and has consistently put in good performances. On the other hand, Liverpool's scenario is completely opposite. The performance of this team was very poor in the last season. And for a long time, they were not even in the top 10 of the points table. Nunez could not adapt to this group due to the unstable condition of the whole team. And so I won't blame Nunez for his poor performance this season.