Darwin Nunez has allegedly called out Liverpool over his lack of starts before deleting the social media post soon after.
Just 24 hours before Liverpool can win the league against Tottenham, it appears Nunez has taken to social media to voice his displeasure over a lack of starts, though the post has now been deleted.
In a post on X, Nunez allegedly wrote: “No wonder I didn’t play more, because the last game I started in the Premier League went well and suddenly…”
It appears the post was quickly deleted and Nunez has now posted a selfie with Alexis Mac Allister with a much more positive message of “Good morning!”
Good morning! ??? pic.twitter.com/kO06IP2VWT
— Darwin Núñez (@Darwinn99) April 26, 2025
The screenshot of the original tweet, shown below, contains a different profile picture and indicates his account is verified.
X users have claimed that the profile photo has since been changed, though, and the blue tick subsequently disappeared.
What does the alleged social media post mean?
Yes. He did. pic.twitter.com/J9tDxEn6h1
— Samuel (@SamueILFC) April 26, 2025
Nunez’s words seem to be a complaint about his recent lack of starts, of which he has had just one since February 7.
His use of “then suddenly” could be in reference to a story that broke recently from A Bola in Portugal, that claims Liverpool would have to pay Benfica another £4.2 million if he were to start another game this season.
Liverpool sources have since refuted the news and Arne Slot has questioned its authenticity but didn’t deny the story.
On Friday, Slot gave a cryptic answer, saying: “Do you always believe what journalists say? Not always? Me neither.
“Sometimes you should, but sometimes it’s better not to believe everything that is written about players.
“[This story is] completely new to me and I’ve said many times that I’m working at a club here where it’s really nice to work.
“So mainly sporting directors are judged by the players they bring in, for me it’s very important to have a great working environment and I have that with Richard [Hughes].
“The last, last, last, last, last thing he would do, as I expect working with him for 10 months, is tell me: ‘If you play him it would cost us this much’.
“That, he would never, never, never do. I don’t even know if it’s true, yes or no, because we never talk about that.
“He never interferes with a lineup. It might be true, but if a journalist says it we have to [take it with a pinch of salt].”
