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Takumi Minamino told Monaco signed him as 'marketing stunt'

L'Equipe

, to put it mildly. The former Liverpool forward has made 17 appearances out of possible 31, scoring a goal and providing four assists.

He made his first appearance after five games on the bench in a 2-0 win against 

It prompted the French outlet L'Equipe to write that his performance was 'convincing'. However, his prolonged spell on the bench was 'reawakening the idea' that his signing was a 'marketing stunt' to make the Principality side more popular in Asia.

This is obviously offensive to the Japan international, who was a great servant to Liverpool and played a massive role in the FA Cup and League Cup triumphs last season.

Minamino named 'flop of the season' after first months at Monaco

We are just one month into the new season, and 

 has already been named one of the 'flops of the season so far' in Ligue 1 by Quotidien du Sport.

"Minamino seems too frail physically and struggling in the intensity of the duels, we understand why he did not win in the Premier League," they write.

 this summer in a move worth £13.5m after failing to become a regular at Anfield.

This season so far, Minamino has played seven games for 

, recording a goal and two assists. This is not a bad start, but the team missing out on the 

 group stage and doing not-so-great in the league might have played its part.

Klopp: 'We miss Minamino ... I would have loved to keep him'

"Yes, he will succeed in Ligue 1, I wish him all the best," 

"We miss him, honestly. He is a fantastic player and he was a fantastic part of our squad. 

"We should not forget that as an offensive player coming to Liverpool in a time when the settled front three were Mane, Firmino and Salah and the new signing was Diogo Jota, it is not like you have to be a bad player to not be in the first line-up. 

"No, you have to be a world-class player to be around and be the next one coming on. 

"Taki did incredibly well for us and I would have loved to keep him, but I understand 100 per cent he wants to play more often and more regularly. That’s absolutely right from his point of view, 100 per cent. We wish him all the best. 

"We can easily say we would not have won one trophy if Taki Minamino had not been with us last year, he scored all the decisive goals to get us to the final. 

"I know that he enjoyed his time at Liverpool but of course he wanted to play more, that’s why it made sense to move on and go to Monaco, which is a super club for him. I am really convinced he will do incredibly well."

Minamino left Liverpool earlier this summer, joining AS Monaco on a €15m move.

The Japanese spent two and a half years at Anfield, scoring 14 goals in 55 matches. He featured mostly in cups.

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bring him back at least he shows up and works his ass off when he's on the pitch.

RedMatt50

Christian.

mate read between the line's he's struggling in the one of the worse league's in Europe... he's definitely not good enough, we brought the wrong player back then Haaland was in that team and got Minamino based on two game's!

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Takumi Minamino told Monaco signed him as 'marketing stunt'

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