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Transfer season doesn’t wait.

Even before the final whistle blows on the campaign, rumours start to pick up.

And when it’s a high-profile player at a top club, fans don’t need much to start connecting the dots.

A missed game, a cryptic post, a few whispers from training — it all adds fuel to the fire.

That’s where Liverpool find themselves now.

A key attacker has had a mixed season.

There have been glimpses of brilliance, but also moments that left fans frustrated.

As the Arne Slot era begins to take shape, questions are rising about who fits in and who could be heading out.

And this player has found himself right at the centre of the discussion.

Who is the Liverpool attacker Fabrizio Romano is speaking about?

Fabrizio Romano didn’t beat around the bush.

In his update, he said: “The plan is clear since February and it hasn’t changed: Darwin Nunez, expected to leave Liverpool in the summer.”

“After offer turned down by the club in January from Al Nassr, all options will be considered in the upcoming months.”

“Darwin, also open to new chapter.”

Romano’s statement followed a retweet of his original February post.

Back then, he wrote: “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.

Nunez’s exit in the summer is a concrete possibility, already discussed in recent months.”

It comes after Nunez missed a recent match, leading to talk of a possible training ground issue.

But manager Arne Slot played that down quickly?

“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 said.

“He did leave the pitch because he didn’t feel himself.”

Nunez’s Liverpool career has been stop-start.

Now, the signs are growing louder.

Whether he stays or goes, the next few weeks will shape a big decision — for the club and for the Uruguayan forward.

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