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Liverpool new boy Darwin Nunez's injury was so bad he 'wanted to quit football'
Liverpool's new star Darwin Nunez almost walked away from the beautiful game after a knee injury left him in tears after every training session.As a breakthrough star at Uruguayan side Penarol, academy director Fernando Curutchet had hoped to bring Nunez into the first team. But with the Under 23 side battling for the title, Curutchet pulled back and allowed Nunez to stay put.However, after a 17-year-old Nunez challenged for a header against Sud America he landed awkwardly - tearing his ACL. The resulting comeback saw Nunez almost walk away from the game with his knee in so much pain.READ MORE: Lionesses' final watched by three times as many as Premier League's record gameCurutchet told The Athletic: "I got a lump in my throat when I found out what had happened.
