Darwin Nunez begins on the bench for Liverpool’s Premier League opener in opposition to Fulham on Saturday, similar to he did within the Neighborhood Protect.
The Reds have struck a deal to signal the Benfica striker for a payment of as much as £85 million, making him the membership’s document signing.
However he needed to accept a bench seat in opposition to Man Metropolis final weekend, although he got here on and scored one final gasp to spherical out the 3-1 win.
Jurgen Klopp has chosen to not restart the 23-year-old, with Roberto Firmino up entrance alongside Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah.
When requested if he would give the brand new signing time to settle in, Klopp advised BT Sport: “Sure, in fact. But it surely’s a very good factor we received to combine it up a bit.
“So what choices do we now have to vary – with Bobby, a baller, and the opposite two guys have the velocity.
‘In case you guess thrice the velocity, it is in regards to the opponent and what he wants.
‘So if we modify with two younger boys’ [on the bench] and Darwin, for instance, then it is a good combine.
“So we thought it will be higher to begin with Bobby.”
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