According to a report, Liverpool recruitment staff wanted to sign another Premier League striker instead of Darwin Nunez.
It was Reds manager Jurgen Klopp who persuaded the club to sign the Uruguayan striker.
Nunez signed in an £85 million deal to join Liverpool from Benfica in the summer of 2022, but he hasn’t quite lived up to the hype since his arrival.
The striker has scored 33 times in 92 appearances for the Merseyside club.
Nunez wasn’t initially desired by Liverpool’s recruiting staff...