Que the David Brent at the pub meme.
Mohamed Salah may not be too pleased with new club Trabzonspor amid reports they’re planning to reunite him with Darwin Nunez.
Transfer insider Nicolo Schira, who was one of the first to report Salah’s switch to Turkey, claims another signing is on the way.
He reports that Trabzonspor have reached a loan agreement with Al Hilal regarding Nunez.
Why Salah and Darwin Nunez don’t get on
Nunez played with Salah at Liverpool from 2022 to 2025, and the Egyptian was one of the most visibly frustrated players with the Uruguayan’s profligacy.
Salah often displayed poor body language towards Nunez, most infamously in a Champions League tie against PSG.
Nunez failed in a penalty shoot-out to send PSG through, and Salah was the only one of the 10 outfield players who didn’t console his teammate.
That won’t be the end of his troubles at his new club either, with Salah to also link up with Andre Onana.
The winger particularly enjoyed the goalkeepers time flopping at Manchester United before he went on loan to Trabzonspor.
Nunez’s career downfall since joining Liverpool
As for Nunez, the deal likely makes sense for the Turkish Super Lig side who are focusing on big wages rather than big transfer fees.
Al Hilal are desperate to shift Nunez, running out of space for foreign players in their squad.
In January they dropped Nunez out of their Saudi Pro League squad after signing Karim Benzema.
Hilal seemed desperate to recoup some of the €53million they paid Liverpool for Nunez last summer, but reports now claim they’re open to a loan.
Meanwhile, the Portuguese media have blamed Liverpool for Nunez’s failed transfer from Benfica in 2022.
Record’s Luís Mateus wrote: “Even with the Benfica transfer machine of the time, it was surprising. Perhaps bizarre.
“The Uruguayan was a good player, but not a phenomenal one. There were technical gaps that would certainly be exposed in the best league on the planet.
“How could Jurgen Klopp have agreed to this?”
He continued: “Benfica did their part, if we consider that this didn’t include the human factor. From then on, it was up to Liverpool.
“I wrote a few months ago about the process of signing Darwin. There was a leader with money from a European title and a willingness to spend it, and when Klopp, always very meticulous with signings, realised this, there was nothing he could do.
“The Uruguayan wasn’t on the Reds’ list of potential reinforcements, despite his interesting statistics.
“And there were also issues, such as not speaking English, being introverted and not very outgoing, and even having a tendency towards depression and superstition, which complicated his adaptation.
“The German tried. He positioned him on the left to exploit his powerful diagonal runs, he promoted events, conversations, group dynamics.
“However, the instability in front of goal didn’t disappear. At Anfield, the idea still lingers that a title was lost because of him. Even though they didn’t leave him alone.
“In England and other countries, everyone realized he wasn’t a £100 million player, or perhaps not even half that. And while his rise was rapid, his fall was precipitous.
“Darwin isn’t to blame for what happened to him in Saudi Arabia, but few believe in him anymore.
“And he will always serve as a reminder that the wrong context, without considering the players’ well-being, can quickly end good careers.”
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