Liverpool Handed Major Injury Scare After 'Impressive' Player Stops Training

New Liverpool signing Darwin Nunez has pulled up in his second training session with a foot problem.

The Reds are in Thailand on their pre-season tour in preparation for the new season, and face Manchester United tomorrow in their opening friendly of the campaign.

Training at the Ranjamangala Stadium in the Thai capital, the Urugayan felt some discomfort in his left foot towards the end of the open session in front of many Liverpool supporters in the Far East.

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According to The Athletic’s James Pearce, Nunez spent the rest of the session watching on a cool box.

“He’s watching the rest of the session perched on a cool box. Looks like he’s got a painful blister. Must be the new boots.” wrote the journalist. It looked as if Nunez had picked up some blisters.

In a turn of events afterwards, Nunez was filmed stretching with the physio, leading to many fans believing he is OK to carry on.

Nunez joined the Reds from Benfica for an initial £68m fee, rising to £85m which would surpass the clubs’ highest ever spend on a player - with that being the £75m outlay on Virgil van Dijk.

He scored 26 goals in 28 Premeira Liga matches for Benfica, winning the Portuguese Player of the Season in the process.

Jurgen Klopp, despite the fact Nunez’s foot issue may have caused some frustration, will be as excited to see his new man in action as all Liverpool fans in the coming season.

"It was massively impressive when he played in front of us," he said.

"When you prepare Benfica, you know up to the size of shoes – we know absolutely everything about an opponent, so we know exactly about the quality of Darwin.

"The power and the mix-up with technique, the desire, smart moves, the problems he caused us. We fell all in love in these two games.

"A very aggressive South American, it’s a good thing! It was really a joy to watch him and so when we realised we had a good chance to sign him, we were all-in and we’re really happy he’s here now.”

Fans will hope Nunez will recover in time for the match against Man Utd tomorrow.