Copa America 2024: This summer presents an opportunity for the Liverpool striker to record a career-high performance.

Darwin Nunez of Liverpool could be in for a huge summer in terms of his professional trajectory as he prepares to completely assume the role of number nine for Uruguay, the team charged with winning the Copa America.

This is in response to Edinson Cavani’s statement last week that he will be retiring from the game of football for the national team. With that said, one of the best players in history has moved on. The former Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain forward has been a national hero for 14 years, with 136 caps and 58 goals.

Luis Suarez, who is currently 37 years old, is still going strong in the Major League Soccer (MLS) with Inter Miami and will be a member of Marcelo Biesla’s team. Nevertheless, Nunez will be leading the line ahead of a major summer tournament in which they hope to defeat Brazil and Argentina to win the grand prize. Nunez might ride off the possible success in South America into a new era at the club level with Arne Slot, and it could be a career-defining summer for him.

Diogo Jota and Cody Gakpo are competing for the striker position; if one of the three plays well in the European Championships or Copa America, they may be able to beat each other and make Slot’s strongest XI. Nunez has eight goals in 22 appearances for his nation, but he has played brilliantly in his last six games under Bielsa and has transformed into a new player.

He scored eight goals in six games during the World Cup qualifying campaign, including goals against Brazil and Argentina, whom they defeated 2-0. He can help Uruguay advance far in the competition—they haven’t won since 2011—if he can maintain the enmity and self-assurance he plays with under Bielsa.

Nunez’s side benefits from a favorable alliance with Bolivia, the United States, and Panama. They will play the winner of Group D, which consists of Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, and either Costa Rica or Honduras, if they win their group. They will probably play Brazil, who is the favorite to win Group D, if they finish second in their own group.

They most likely need to defeat the last two competition winners, Brazil and Argentina, along the way in order to win the championship. Notwithstanding the criticism, Nunez finished the season with 18 goals and 13 assists, a significant improvement over his debut in England. Nunez is aware that, with the departure of Jurgen Klopp, a major supporter of Nunez, a competition is growing for his place at Liverpool.

As the new number nine of this age, Nunez will probably play a major part in getting Uruguay to the semi-finals or possibly farther. Any success will probably put him in the forefront of Liverpool’s plans for the upcoming campaign.