“Darwin Núñez would be magic medicine for Barcelona”

Darwin Núñez's tremendous performances at Benfica are not going unnoticed. Last month it appeared that Barcelona has been following him for a long time, as well as that the arrival of the forward has the approval of a Ronald Koeman eager for one more attacker. As well, Now he is the person who brought him to Europe, Turki Al-Sheik, owner of Almería, who breaks a spear in favor of the 21-year-old Uruguayan and advises the Catalans to go for it.

“This player has come to connect with me and I feel paternal feelings towards him since it is one of my discoveries and I think that it is a 'magic medicine' for the attack of FC Barcelona, ​​I think they should take it into account “, published in Instagram the Saudi millionaire. The Almeria brought it from Peñarol for 7 million euros, a bet that was paid off in just one year with his transfer for 24 million to Benfica.

The 16 goals and 3 assists that he would accumulate in LaLiga Smartbank, in addition to his tremendous potential, put the radar of several greats on him And now, his great performance in the Eagles intensifies that interest. In fact, in addition to Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Manchester City have been linked to Artigas in recent days.

The Europa League, your garden

This Thursday against Standard de Liège (6:55 pm) he has a new opportunity to claim what has become 'his' competition, the Europa League. In Europe he has disputed 5 games, in which he has scored 5 goals and one assist, all this in 342 minutes (not counting the 259 he played in the previous one), giving away an average of a goal every 68 minutes. In the Portuguese league, his aim suffers, but the only goal scored makes up for it with five assists, all resulting in a cumulative statistic of 6 goals and as many assists in 1,058 '(14 games). That is, he actively participates in a goal every 88 minutes.

Numbers that support the claim of the owner of Almería. And more taking into account Barça's needs and Ronald Koeman's desire to strengthen his attack front, since the arrival of Memphis Depay was thwarted in the summer. We will have to keep an eye on the evolution of a Darwin that burns stages at full speed. Before in Almería, now in Lisbon …