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170 Former Liverpool forward Dirk Kuyt has now named Luis Suarez as the best player he ever played with whilst at the club.
Kuyt was speaking on ‘The Official Liverpool FC Podcast’ and decided that Suarez slightly tipped Fernando Torres to the crown.
The former Dutch international mentioned that Suarez was a ‘warrior’ on the pitch, but a different character off of it.
Kuyt said: “But afterwards [after Fernando Torres] Luis Suarez came, for me he was the best striker I ever played with, what an unbelievable player.
“There’s such a difference between Luis on the pitch and off the pitch. On the pitch he is a warrior, not only in the games but also in training.
“But off the pitch he is just such a great guy, very easy going, family man.”
Of course, it is now a different Uruguayan Liverpool striker that is making the headlines these days.
Darwin Nunez has enjoyed some excellent displays this season, but famously failed to find the net against Luton Town.
£23m Suarez has actually been incredibly complimentary of Nunez of late, but may now find it hard to defend some of his misses.
Kuyt thought Suarez was slightly ahead of Torres at Liverpool
As well as complimenting Suarez at Liverpool, Dirk Kuyt did also name Javier Mascherano as the most underrated teammate he played alongside.
And the Dutchman may think that Liverpool could also do with a midfielder of Mascherano’s skill-set right now.
Alexis Mac Allister is doing a fine job sitting in a deeper role, but Liverpool’s midfield may look light ahead of some big tests to come.
Nonetheless, there still will be some Liverpool fans that are hoping that Darwin Nunez can some day reach the lofty Suarez levels that Kuyt is describing.
And it’ll certainly be interesting to see if Nunez starts in Jurgen Klopp’s next few XIs.
The competition is now fierce in Liverpool’s front line.
And although Nunez is showing a ton of promise, he will need to start producing on a regular basis.
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