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[Albion] Darwin Núñez



Nobby Cybergoat

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Jul 19, 2021
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I put a bet on Nunez scoring, well, part of an accumulator.

I've never been so irritated about a signing that never happened :lolol:

Very doubtful we'll ever get him now. He's a baller.

I take some comfort in the fact that we seemed to know how good he is / was going to become... but very little.

It's good that we're barking up the right trees. But yes sealing the deal with a player who's good and knows he is isn't easy
 




Sheebo

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Jul 13, 2003
29,319
He’s got 4 in 5 apps in the league too
 




Baldseagull

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Jan 26, 2012
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Crawley
Not expecting to get him at some point in the future, but I don't think the club have given up on getting him yet. Depending on the playing success of us, him and Benfica, he could yet be a Seagull.

Mind you, I am still holding my nerve for Calleri.
 


Nobby Cybergoat

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Jul 19, 2021
8,624
Not expecting to get him at some point in the future, but I don't think the club have given up on getting him yet. Depending on the playing success of us, him and Benfica, he could yet be a Seagull.

Mind you, I am still holding my nerve for Calleri.

I admire your optimism, but we're not getting Nunez now.

Ah well. Ships that pass in the night
 




Richy_Seagull

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Oct 7, 2003
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Brighton
Not expecting to get him at some point in the future, but I don't think the club have given up on getting him yet. Depending on the playing success of us, him and Benfica, he could yet be a Seagull.

Mind you, I am still holding my nerve for Calleri.

Absolutely not a chance we get him now.

Bit gutting, but we move on.
 




Garry Nelson's Left Foot

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Jul 7, 2003
13,527
tokyo
Not expecting to get him at some point in the future, but I don't think the club have given up on getting him yet. Depending on the playing success of us, him and Benfica, he could yet be a Seagull.

Mind you, I am still holding my nerve for Calleri.

I admire your optimism, but we're not getting Nunez now.

So you're saying there's a chance with Calleri?:moo:
 




HastingsSeagull

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Jan 13, 2010
9,432
BGC Manila
Imagine him paired with Maupay, an actually complementary partnership. Welbeck spelling them as an excellent option too and we'd be able to let Connolly focus on playing League One and Championship teams where he belongs (for now).
 


















Sheebo

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Jul 13, 2003
29,319
Prob dead now but should / will still be trying. Maybe we should have taken the plunge, as at 21, his stock was always likely to increase but we don’t know the ins and outs. There’s so much utter lies put out there by all sorts of ‘journos’ and wannabe journos, it’s impossible to know what’s actually true for sure…!
 




WATFORD zero

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Jul 10, 2003
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Prob dead now but should / will still be trying. Maybe we should have taken the plunge, as at 21, his stock was always likely to increase but we don’t know the ins and outs. There’s so much utter lies put out there by all sorts of ‘journos’ and wannabe journos, it’s impossible to know what’s actually true for sure…!

I get the impression we tried everything available to us. Maybe time to put him in the Van Dyke section. I still dream about what a Dunk/Van Dyke partnership would have been like in the Championship :wink:
 




Sheebo

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Jul 13, 2003
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Managing to get Nunez would’ve been the icing on our EPL squad.

Just glanced at the EPL table, goals scored - we’re the same as Brentford and Newcastle at just 8.

They showed Newcastle’s ranks in the PL though and 8 was joint 8th or something like that - so not been too bad. But yes, with us finally sorting the LWB role (no disrespect to Solly who has been great and is competition there but also an option further up the pitch), I do feel the striker position is the only one we need filling with an extra bit of quality - exciting times. I’d also suggest another CB but hoping Ostigard or one of the many good young ones we have on our books will fill this gap…
 


Sheebo

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Jul 13, 2003
29,319
I get the impression we tried everything available to us. Maybe time to put him in the Van Dyke section. I still dream about what a Dunk/Van Dyke partnership would have been like in the Championship :wink:

Quite possibly. I imagine it got to ‘silly money’ levels in the end and we weren’t prepared to be taken the piss out of. Let’s be honest, we weren’t expecting to be linked with him just a year after he moved to Benfica over us. We’ll never know the ins and outs unfortunately.
 


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