Speaking to Foot Italia, former captain Marcel Desailly recommended Darwin Núñez for Chelsea and described him as a very good and smart player. Darwin Núñez, who moved to Al-Hilal from Liverpool last summer, has an uncertain future after being omitted from the team's squad for the rest of their league campaign. Al-Hilal replaced Núñez with Karim Benzema because the club had reached its maximum number of foreign players, resulting in the forward being ready to leave after one season.