The Liverpool hierarchy believe that one player is highly under-appreciated and think that he will have a big role to play in the post-Jurgen Klopp era at Anfield.

Arne Slot looks set to be gifted an outstanding group of players, with Liverpool spending much of the season in the Premier League title race.

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The 24-year-old has come in for plenty of criticism, with Jamie Carragher one of those who does not believe that Nunez will ever be the ruthless goalscorer Liverpool need.

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But the Reds paid £64 million in a deal which could rise to £85 million to sign Nunez, so it is fair to have expectations that he would have scored a lot more goals.

And with Mohamed Salah also off the boil, Nunez’s wastefulness in front of goal really hurt Liverpool at a time when they needed their big players to step up.

But clearly, the Liverpool hierarchy believe that there is a lot more to come from Nunez in the years to come.