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Darwin Nunez missed Liverpool's defeat to AC Milan as he recovers from injury(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Arne Slot has revealed that he did not want to risk Darwin Nunez in Liverpool's clash against AC Milan.

The ex-Benfica star was deemed unavailable alongside Luis Diaz, who has been linked with a possible move to Bayern Munich.

But whereas Slot conceded Diaz's lack of involvment came as a result of transfer speculation, the Dutchman was keen to highlight how Darwin had already impressed this summer.



"He was injured so we didn’t want to take the risk.

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“It was also the same with Wata (Endo) — trained with us all week but we didn’t want to take a risk with him either.

It is part of pre-season, the boys need to get towards match fitness and that is a thin balance, a thin line sometimes.

"In this situation we thought it was smarter for Darwin and Wata to sit it out today but I assume they will be with us when we are in Japan for the next game.”

The situation is somewhat different for Diaz , who Liverpool have decided not to play at this moment in time.

"In Lucho's situation it was [linked to his future], yeah," Slot admitted.

Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz were not in Liverpool's squad(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

"There are a lot of rumours around it lately and I cannot go into that.

But he is training really well with us and we have decided, for now, not to play him yet.

Slot added: "Yes [I've spoken to Diaz] but I am used to talking to most of my players on a regular basis.