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28th, indicating that Liverpool forward Darwin Nunez has "a strong chance to leave the club."

Earlier that day, Nunez posted four photos of himself from Liverpool training in black and white on X, looking particularly pensive in one of them.

The mercurial Uruguayan forward was almost the subject of a shock January transfer to Saudi Arabian side Al-Nasser, the current home of Cristiano Ronaldo and former Liverpool forward Sadio Mane.

The full tweet from Romano: "Darwin Nunez’s full focus until July remains on Liverpool after Al Nassr deal collapsed in January… but then he has strong chances to leave the club.

Slot provided some insight on why Nunez missed last week's match, saying he was unwell.

"He didn’t feel himself the day before the match, and he went inside and he wasn’t able to be part of the team the day after," Slot told reporters on Friday.

The Dutch manager admitted Nunez didn't have any sort of spat with anyone on the backroom staff during training.

“He did leave the pitch because he didn’t feel himself," Slot emphasized.

Nunez has struggled in his third full season with Liverpool.

Last year, he had the Premier League's biggest discrepancy between goals and expected goals.

Nunez could have found himself higher up the Liverpool forward-line pecking order should star Mohamed Salah have elected to leave, but the Egyptian winger decided to sign a two-year contract extension with the club