Robbie Fowler has shared his belief that Darwin Nunez may not be good enough to play for Liverpool. The Uruguayan striker has divided opinion at Anfield since arriving on Merseyside in June 2022.

Nunez has scored 37 times in a Liverpool shirt but has failed to be the consistent goalscorer the Reds thought they were buying for £85million from Benfica.

And Liverpool legend Fowler has not held back in his assessment of the 25-year-old. The former Reds striker believes praise of Nunez's work rate should not excuse him from criticism.

"We're saying the same things now that we're saying two or three years ago," he told ITV Sport. "He's raw, he's this, he's that, and we can't keep saying that.

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"So for me, the more I see him, the more I think he's not a Liverpool player. Now, people might have a go at me for saying this: you know, he works hard; you're not signing a player because he works hard because that should be a prerequisite anyway.

"You've got to come in, you've got to score goals, and I know he's a fan favourite for what he puts in, but at the time that we're talking now, you've got to perform better, and you've got to do better in the Liverpool shirt."

When asked where Nunez was going wrong, he said: "I don't think he's quick enough in terms of how he should be finishing.

"He's quick over the ground, we know how quick he is, but when you are a striker, your speed of force has got to be quicker than anyone else. When he has time to think about it., he sort of struggles instinctively.

"Sometimes he looks a little bit better, but we still probably want a little bit more, so I think the speed of force as a striker in terms of where he should be, how he finishes, any part of his body, feet or head, it's got to improve."