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Darwin Nunez was off form last season despite title win(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Emile Heskey believes Liverpool will need Darwin Nunez to start scoring if they don’t sell him.

And the former Reds forward fears Newcastle striker Alexander Isak won’t be available this summer.

Nunez, 25, is coming under fire after scoring just seven goals last season and the £85m signing has been linked with a move away from the club.

Saudi side Al-Hilal have been sniffing around but there has yet to be any offers made to the Reds for the Uruguay international.

Heskey, who scored 60 goals in 223 games for the Reds between 2000 and 2004, believes Nunez has to step up to ease the goal-scoring burden on Mo Salah if he stays for next season.

“The thing is, Liverpool fans will always back you and always give you the opportunity, they have done until this day,” he told OLBG.com.

“Darwin Nunez is a fantastic workhorse and with his work ethic, you see what you get from him and it’s fantastic, but the reality is there are goals that need to be scored.

"We've been spoiled over the years with Roberto Firmino, with Mo Salah (who's still spoiling us) and Sadio Mane, but when you look at the rest of them, when you're taking out Mo Salah, where are Liverpool getting their goals from?

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“That's one of the major doubts that a lot of fans and media have with him.

I think Darwin Nunez has got that a little bit about him, but again, you want the goals alongside that because you've got to be chipping in when you’re trying to win the league again, you need that”.

Alexander Isak in action for Newcastle(Image: Getty Images)

Liverpool have been linked to Newcastle hitman Isak, who Heskey would love to see in a red shirt but he doesn’t think the Magpies will be selling their star striker.

“I'd have to say Alexander Isak, but I'm not sure he'd be available,” he added.

You don't just see him as an out and out forward who just stays in, I would say he’s Haaland-esque and just stays between the goal posts and waits for opportunities.

“He creates opportunity, he creates havoc.
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