Liverpool striker Darwin Núñez is currently attracting headlines like he attracts chances.

He didn't make the starting XI against Tottenham, but he certainly made the news.

Shortly after that game — where Núñez faced some criticism for failing to kill the match off from the bench — fans spotted that the striker had removed almost all references to Liverpool from his Instagram feed.



But Liverpool may still be hoping that he emulates his compatriot in a different way, exploding into goal-scoring form after a promising but unpolished start to life at the club.

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Incoming head coach Arne Slot, along with FSG head of football Michael Edwards and new sporting director Richard Hughes, will need to decide how much patience to afford the striker.

Here are two Liverpool.com stories from today that you don't want to miss.

Luis Suárez already said it all about Darwin Núñez

Suárez and Núñez have overlapped a little in the Uruguay team, but the nation hopes that the Liverpool striker will ultimately take over the mantle.

But instead of paying now 80, 90, or 100 million, they would have paid 15 or 20.”

Sure enough, Liverpool did pay in that region to take Núñez from Benfica.

Read the full story from James Findlater by clicking here.

New Liverpool footage shows Núñez reaction

If Núñez's social media activity suggested something was wrong, new footage from after the Spurs game seems to reinforce that notion.
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