Liverpool’s Darwin Núñez has been tipped to score 25 goals or more if he makes a move to Arsenal. The Gunners are currently embroiled in a difficult search for an elite number nine ahead of the new season. That search has taken the club far and wide as they look to address a longstanding problem area in attack. While RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Šeško and Sporting Lisbon’s Viktor Gyökeres remain priority targets, the club may have to pivot if either proves unattainable.
Could Núñez thrive under Arteta?
One name that has emerged as a wildcard option is Liverpool’s Darwin Núñez. According to talkSPORT pundit Dean Saunders, the Uruguayan striker has the potential to thrive in a different environment, and he believes Arsenal could be the ideal fit.
“Is there any fan out there that if the club was linked with Núñez would be disappointed?” Saunders said. “I agree that he’s not got enough goals for Liverpool, but I think we all look at him with the same eyes. I wouldn’t be surprised if he went to Arsenal and scored 25 goals, or anywhere else.”
Núñez arrived at Liverpool with high expectations following a prolific spell at Benfica. However, he has struggled to consistently meet those expectations. While he scored over 15 goals in each of his first two seasons, his output dropped last campaign, managing just seven goals from 47 appearances, with only five in the Premier League.
As a result, Liverpool have reportedly made him available for transfer this summer.
Should Arsenal take the gamble?
There have been no credible reports linking Arsenal with a move for Núñez, and many fans would be wary of the idea. However, the 25-year-old’s attributes, blistering pace, relentless pressing, and physical presence, could suit Mikel Arteta’s system.
His inconsistency and finishing woes are undeniable, but under the right guidance and in a new setup, Núñez could rediscover the form that once made him one of Europe’s most sought-after forwards. That said, it remains a divisive prospect among the fanbase.
Should Arsenal consider a move for Darwin Núñez, or is he too big a risk?
Benjamin Kenneth
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Nope. Unless we also bring in a genuinely prolific goalscorer, maybe have Nunes as back up if we can get him for £20m, otherwise no. We need to stop looking at project players who have already proven to be unsuccessful elsewhere and buy consistently good and available players.
Well if Dean Saunders said it…… 🙄. What a ridiculous ‘rumour’.
Is Dean Saunders attempting to sabotage Arsenal?
Vardy on a free, ok I’ll get my coat 🙃
GB,
My sides are hurting. Stop it!.🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂👍
Me too and I typed it 😳😂😂
GB,
Thankfully I’ve recovered, but I was thinking of suing at one point.🤣👍
Is it bad I would take Vardy on a free over paying silly money for Nunez lol.
Just what we need again.
Another link to a reject from one of our rivals…as usual.
And why will it stop when we’re hearing about us signing Kepa and many in our dear fan base are in favour of such.
Can’t remember hearing of our rivals lining up to sign any of our rejects.
Giroud to chelsea.
Toure to Man City.
Clichy to Man City.
Sagna to Man City.
Goonster,
Are you just making a point to dgr8xt, that clubs have brought from us. Or are you calling the four you mention rejects.
I personally wouldn’t call any of them rejects. Or have I miss understood you, if so I apologize in advance.👍
No they are not rejects Derek imo either. Rather they had stayed tbh Good old City buying up the best players when it was still possible to do so
Good evening SueP,
It’s Friday again. What’s your choice of drink 🍷 this warm and barmy evening. 👍
G and T Derek
I’m now watching The Lions v Argentina. Lucky me 🤣
SueP,
Enjoy.🍷👍
Giroud I still wanted and rated highly. But I put him into that category because the majority of our fanbase constantly threw all kinds of abuse towards him, they constantly used all kind of degrading terms towards him, Championship level, an average, mid table, Lamppost, Donkey etc. And when Chelsea were courting him many were celebrating and making fun of them for wanting our reject (Giroud etc).
But the likes of Toure, Sagna, Clichy etc were done to me at that time. May be to you guys they were still spring chickens in their prime, but to me I was ready for them to move on. Was absolutely not bothered as we had squeezed all the juice from out of them.
But the likes of Cesc, Flamini, Hleb, Sanchez, RVP, Nasri, Adebayor are a completely different story.
My opinion of course.
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I love Giroud
So underated
@Dan
Wow, we agree on something for the first time. 😊
I too rated Giroud a lot. He was not the most elegant but man he tried and did okay for us considering the circumstances.
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Yeah made a career out of proving peeps wrong
Believe it or not I actually like allot of players past and present
Goonster,
Remember his goal against Crystal Palace at the Emirates.
I would have ruptured something had I tried something like that.🤣😂👍
@Derek
Giroud could be frustrating at times but overall I think he was a very solid signing for us. Not the most easy on the eye type but I did appreciate his endeavours, he tried the best he could, never complained, was constantly mocked, booed etc by our fans but he always kept a professional attitude.
And he was involved in some of our most sophisticated goals that were scored in that time. He was a big lump but he his deft / one touch give and go’s could be so sublime at times.
His flicks were beautiful to watch.
Excuse my bordering on “Fangirling” talk here (reminiscing).
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@Dan
I can agree with that. I have absolutely no problem with you just “Liking Him”.
But then don’t turn around and claim that he was a better player than Odegaard just because you like him and because the team he played in won 4 FA CUP etc.. Just liking a player isn’t serious evidence.
If it’s just a VIBES “I just like him” kind of thing then that’s okay with.
We all look out for different aspects in any give player.
I look out for individual performances, contribution and overall impact / influence that given player brings / brought to a particular team.
Anyways, hope you enjoy your weekend. Sunny weekend ☀️👍
Nah mate I do think he’s better then Odegarrd but again not my hill buddy
Abit like you with Ozil
Isn’t it 🙋🏻♂️👏
@Dan kit.
But Ozil was a pure joke, overhyped, overpaid, overpriced, over pampered, over praised and over worshipped average player.
And I consistently showed why throughout his 7 or so years he was here. It took most people more time to realise that Ozil was a fraud but at least they acknowledged it in the end. Better late than Never.
I was completely proven right, wasn’t I?
1: Germany ended up forcing him out.
2: Arsenal followed suit (Paid him to leave).
3: Fenerbache terminated his contract.
4: Istanbul Basaksehir couldn’t wait to terminate his contract.
5: Madrid: And don’t forget that Madrid had shown him the door by letting him know that he was not part of their future plans. Hence why he ended up at lowly Arsenal at that time.
Emery, Arteta, Edu, the Owners and many of our fanbse all finally woke up. They finally agreed with the stance I had taken Ozil since 2014. 😊
Looking at all that history of his I will never understand why to this day his fans continue to try to explain it away.
Anyways, I am stil waiting for some apologies from all those that would try to make excuses for him constantly. They would label me as “Lacking Football Knowledge” all because I continually told them the Truth / Facts etc about their cult hero.
Anyway. 🤓
😂😂so it fine to be abusive as long as they we’re SH1t players ?
TBF only got to the the third sentence and fazed out.( isn’t it )
“into that category because the majority of our fanbase constantly threw all kinds of abuse towards him, they constantly used all kind of degrading”
I could remind everyone on JA why you disappeared for 9 months
But I was right about Ozil. Tell me how I was not correct? He was so shiit that we since leaving Wender Bremen, all the clubs he went to ended up getting rid of him, plus Germany also getting rid of him.
I was proven correct. There are some players that did not deserve the constant unjustified abuse that many of our fans did threw their way. But Ozil deserved it because he was a weasel that caused absolute mayhem at our club. The most destructive player I have ever seen at Arsenal. All those other players never tried to damage our club and reputation like that fraudster Ozil tried to do. The guy was a toxic weasel that got exposed everywhere he went.
**I could remind everyone on JA why you disappeared for 9 months**
You have made this statement on a few occasions last year. I then asked you to remind me of why I disappeared for 9 months”.
I don’t even know what you are on about. Only I know why.
And just to enlighten you on my decision.
I decided to cut back on the time I spend on these online Arsenal forums since the 2022/23 season. I did the same in the 2023/24 season and also this season (2024/25).
But if you want a more detailed explanation of my decision then you could have just asked me.
Isn’t it?
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Bit harsh
Better and more successful then say an Odegarrd
Won 4:FA Cups and finished 2nd
More successful than any player ar The Arsenal since he left the club Dan!!
I think he was also the last world cup winner to don our famous shirt.
Likewise Aubemeyang, the last golden boot winner at
the club and someone we still haven’t replaced.
On reflection, I do now believe that Ozil’s style of play is a thing of the past, and I would say two other great players, George Graham and George Eastham were of the same style… on the other hand, Aubameyang in his prime, would walk into this current squad, as would Giroud who was so underrated it was criminal.
@Dan
If you say so. 🤣
But I love how you smoothly changed the topic from the Specifics (Player’s individual performances) to the general (Team). Bait and switch, eyy? 🤣
I bet even the likes of Sanogo, Holding, Maitland Niles, Pepe, Ceballos, Papastathopoulos, Nketia, Kolasinac , Gibbs etc all won more FA cups than Odegaard. But does that mean they were better players for us than Odegaard? 🤦♂️
But hey, as many posters on have continually assured us all ever since the magnificent Man United won the FA Cup in 2023/24. Football is all about trophies. Doesn’t matter what league position you finish in. An Arsenal team that challenged for the title had a poor / bad season as compared to Man United and Ten Hag who won an FA Cup but finished in 8th / 20 points behind Arsenal, all because of that FA cup. 👌
Let’s compare Ozil vs Odegaard’s individual performances and contributions at Arsenal. Between the two, who elevated Arsenal more?
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4 though ?
Just saying a bit harsh to say he was shit
We can’t say 2nd is okay and should be applauded but then down play someone who contributed to 4 of the 14 Cups in our history
I wasn’t saying he is better because he won the Cups , he clearly is just better then Odegarrd
But just my opinion mate
@Dan
Did you watch this season’s Odegaard. So out of form, disjointed, disappeared a lot, misplaced passes, poor shooting, toothless etc. He was absolutely shiit, wasn’t he? We can all agree.
But this was how Ozil performed constantly for the vast majority of his time with us. Season in season out he treated us to such lame kinds of performances. But his cheerleaders would make all kinds of excuses for him season in season out. And guess who the main scapegoat they would turn to? ( GIROUD) 🤣🤣. The cult would always take out their frustration, anger and irritation on Giroud and the rest of the team apart from may be Sanchez and Cazorla. The whole team / squad, Wenger, The EPL, The racist British media, etc were the main reasons as to why Sweet Prince (Ozil) couldn’t perform in order to maximise his potential. That Arsenal FC, our ungrateful Fans and the EPL did not deserve such a generational talent like him blah blah. 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah Giroud deffo scapegoat
I do agree with Ken though
I think days of number 10/ flair /luxury players were being fazed out
Wouldn’t say Ozil was as bad as your saying
@Dan
Again, you keep confusing the topics. You keep using the teams overall achievements (4 FA cup wins) to cover for Ozil’s poor individual performances.
Again, let’s dive deeper into their own personal performances at Arsenal, not what the whole team did. I can 100% say that Odegaard has impacted this current Arsenal team than Ozil ever did to the team he played in. I can say that Santi and Sanchez impacted that team more than Ozil ever did. Etc.
For example, if Cazorla or Sanchez were not at their best, that team struggled even more. But with or without Ozil it made near to no difference to the overall performance of that team the majority of the cases.
But if Odegaard is not firing on all cylinders in this team, we definitely suffer. This season (2024/25) is a clear example of Odegaard’s influence on our performances as a team. If Odegaard is on his game this team goes to a different level in terms of performances.
Again let’s do the Ozil vs Odegaard individual comparisons.
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@Dan
And I can back up why I think Ozil was shiiit for us. I have been doing so since the 2014/15 season.
You just need to check out my history on “JustArsenal” going back to 2014.
The same criticism I have thrown Ozil’s way since 2014 are the same criticism many finally acknowledged in the end. But I was beating that drum to the month he was forced out by Arsenal (January 2021).
I have been consistent on the Ozil issue for more than 10 years now.
In the end it was proven that I had been right all a long. I didn’t lack “Football Knowledge” like the Ozil cult members would suggest back then.
Hence why I keep asking for Apologies from all of then. 👍🤣
Nah I liked him mate but respect your opinion
Between his first and last appearances for Madrid, Ozil created more chances than anyone else in La Liga (323) and equalled Lionel Messi’s tally of 47 assists. In 2015-16, meanwhile, he created more chances (146) than any player in a single season in Premier League history.
He was out of Germany for political reasons….as the Germans hated he is Turkish…
He played an important role in the works cup with Germany… so I think comparing to Ode is ridiculous to say the least
Jag, but he’s not Turkish, he’s German. The reason the German fans and the German FA turned against him was because of his friendship with the Turkish President Erdogan.
The likes of Mehmet Scholl, Ilkay Gundogan, Emre Can and Nuri Sahin are all of Turkish heritage and the fans and the German FA never had a problem with them.
This is the issue we think our players are better then they are
Odegarrd doesn’t get close to Ozil
@Derek
And how did I even forget the ultimate castoff ( unwanted player) that other big clubs took from Arsenal (AUBAMEYANG).
He had become shiit and rubbish at Arsenal and we were so desperate to get rid of him. And guess what? Barcelona signed him then a season later Chelsea signed him from Barcelona. Then Chelsea terminated his contract after a few months.
So yeah, some big teams have taken our castoffs before. 😊
I don’t want that donkey anywhere near the Emirates, he’s useless!
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Would he be better than Iwobi mate ?
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🤣 No comment 🤣
Him and Nketiah were two of the worse players in our history in the sense of someone who’s played sufficient amount of games
Agree Sue, plus the fact he plays for Liverpool 😂 Good to see you back and on form as usual.
Too right, Ken 😆 Thank you
Good to hear from you Sue
Hope your safe
All good thanks, Dan. Hope you are too
You back for good ?
When I have time I’ll look in 🙂
At least do the predictions
I can give you my email if you want so just drop me your predictions weekly
Glad your doing okay 😊
Yes it’ll be great doing the predictions again 👍 Cheers Dan
It’s not only Liverpool who make purchases that don’t work out. As long as we steer clear, which surely the club must, then Nunes will most likely halve in value.
I meant, Arsenal.
That should be wildcard which I’m sure will surprise many & @ the end of 2025-2026 EPL be vindicated.
That’s cool
Right
Arsenal and Chelsea have the best quality midfield and they both lacked a world class striker. I think Gyokeres will be a perfect choice for the 9 jersey and with their defenders fit they have a great chance to lift the title
Odegaard is a chicken of a player_ Oezil is star dust but can still fit in and shine in a galaxy. As for Nunez, why not like i always say, Henry was a ‘flop’ at juve wasn’t he. What is Arteta looking for?