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Liverpool icon Luis Suarez has sent a message to Darwin Nunez after the the Reds forward was subjected to online abuse

Liverpool icon Luis Suarez has sent a message to Darwin Nunez after the the Reds forward was subjected to online abuse

Darwin Nunez has been in the spotlight after deleting Instagram posts and unconvincing performances, and now Luis Suarez has seized his chance to send his countryman a message.

Nunez’s future has been considered far and wide of late, and he only added fuel to the fire by deleting every photo of himself in a Liverpool kit after the win over Tottenham.

Liverpool are currently showing ‘no indication‘ of giving up on their No. 9, but he is at one of his lowest points since joining the club.

With criticism coming at him more fiercely, Suarez made the most of an opportunity to pass on a message to his fellow Uruguayan after Nunez replied with ‘idol’ to his most recent post on X.

Liverpool’s former No. 7 was celebrating reaching 500 club goals on social media, and he told Nunez: “Thank you scorer for always being there! Always remember POSITIVE and looking forward!”

Gracias goleador por estar siempre! Acordate siempre POSITIVO y mirando hacia adelante! ????

— Luis Suárez (@LuisSuarez9) May 7, 2024

It does not take a genius to read between the lines on that one, especially considering all the questions and criticism coming the way of Nunez of late.

The No. 9 looks up to Suarez and has readily admitted to seeking advice from him since making the move to Anfield, whether that be adjusting to the English game or overcoming adversity.

The message is simple in its nature but hits the nail on the head, with Nunez needing to remain positive as he sees out the season and transitions into life with a new Liverpool manager.

He has increased his output from last season to now, with 18 goals and 13 assists in 52 appearances to date, compared to his 15 goals and four assists from 42 games in his debut campaign.

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After 15 years at Liverpool, goalkeeping coach John Achterberg has decided to seek a new challenge, and it is set to reunite him with Steven Gerrard.

Achterberg’s contract expires in the summer, and despite belief he would help welcome in another new manager, he elected to depart in search of a fresh challenge.

In an emotional thank you letter posted on Instagram, the 52-year-old said his decision came with a “heavy heart,” but that it “could be right for me to start a new challenge.”

And according to the Mirror‘s chief football writer, Simon Mullock, that is to take him to Saudi Arabia to work under Gerrard at Al-Ettifaq.

Achterberg “has been offered” to take his next job as part of Gerrard’s coaching staff, which would reunite the pair after both being at Liverpool from 2009 to 2015.

It would be a somewhat surprise move for Achterberg, who has been based on Merseyside since 1998, having worked at Tranmere before first joining Liverpool’s academy.

Achterberg would be a coup for Gerrard, though.

He is full of experience and knows how to identify goalkeeping talent, having previously told This Is Anfield he searches “all the leagues to see if there are new goalies coming up.”

Gerrard held on to his position at Al-Ettifaq despite early criticism and, in fact, signed an extension in January to keep him in the role until 2027.

The former Liverpool captain’s side are currently eighth in the Saudi Pro League, 45 points behind league leaders Al-Hilal – though only three sides have conceded fewer goals after 30 games.

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As for Al-Ettifaq’s current goalkeeping department, Artur Guedes is the designated coach and former Flamengo and Gremio ‘keeper Paulo Victor is the No. 1, with two Saudi natives as his backup.

Back at Liverpool, it remains to be seen what Achterberg’s departure means for fellow goalkeeper coaches Jack Robinson and Claudio Taffarel.

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Dominik Szoboszlai has conceded he may have “set the bar too high” for his debut season at Anfield, with an impressive start to the campaign preceding a drop in output.

The Hungary captain arrived last summer and instantly impressed with the energy and impetus he injected into the midfield, something Jurgen Klopp‘s side had been severely lacking.

Szoboszlai started all but eight of the first 29 matches before injury struck, with two separate spells out with the same hamstring injury keeping him sidelined for 10 games.

He hasn’t been quite the same since, and that can be said of a number of players who returned from injury, with the No. 8 completing 90 minutes just twice since the start of March.

Having started the campaign well before dropping off, Szoboszlai has acknowledged that his expectations for his first season at Liverpool may have been higher than was realistic.

“Perhaps I set the bar too high because I think there were certain matches where I couldn’t bring out the best in myself,” he said in an interview with MLSZ TV.

“Or there are times when you don’t play well and in some people’s eyes you’re the worst player on the pitch, but it is not a problem because we get through these things together.”

Szoboszlai has thick skin when it comes to criticism, evidently, and he is clearly self-aware when it comes to dips in his performances.

As for what the 23-year-old had to learn quickly after moving from Leipzig to Liverpool, he said: “The (Premier League) is quicker, here you don’t have as much time to think as in the Bundesliga.

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“Here you really need to know what you’d like to do with the ball before you receive it because if you don’t, you pretty much have no chance.”

And if players are exhausted, as Szoboszlai has appeared to be in recent weeks, the ability to do just that clearly becomes harder!

With two games to go, Szoboszlai has made 43 appearances this season to date with a return of seven goals and four assists, and it will be intriguing to see how Arne Slot uses him in 2024/25.

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