Darwin Nunez is just the latest of many ‘big men’ to fail at Liverpool, while Chelsea really are playing a very weird financial game. Send your views on all subjects to theeditor@football365.com The curse of the Anfield big man I know it’s early for Halloween stories but reading Ian Graham’s (Liverpool’s former data guru) account of how Jurgen Klopp pushed for the signing of Darwin Nunez against his advice confirmed my worst suspicions about .
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The Curse of the Anfield Big Man. I have been monitoring this phenomenon at Liverpool for several decades and can confirm the curse is real affecting most predictably player and manager when invoked. Had Darwin been able to kick the ball reliably in the net from 10 yards (having scored in excess of 40 goals at Benfica the year before) Klopp could easily have ended his Liverpool with an unprecedented quadruple.
Alas he was not aware of the curse and as Darwin inexplicably (but we know better my friends) broke the Premier League record for hitting the woodwork in one game, Jurgen howled at the moon above Anfield and departed with the “greatest cup of his career” as a consolation. But Jurgen is not the first. Remember Brendan Rodgers’ famous plan B Christian Benteke but Brendan apparently pushed for despite the board backing a certain Bobby Firmino (who Brendan played as a right wing back on a number of occasions?!) Brendan too was blinded by the big man lights and departed Anfield shortly after.
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