Liverpool are closing in on the signing of Darwin Nunez after agreeing a £64 million price with Benfica for the Uruguayan striker.
The ahead is about to bear a medical on Monday and has agreed private phrases for a six-year contract at Anfield.
Nunez had additionally been needed by Manchester United and a switch to Anfield might be an early blow to Erik ten Hag, however Liverpool have been capable of provide Champions League soccer and the ahead most popular to maneuver to Merseyside.
He might change into Liverpool’s file signing, changing the £75 million Virgil van Dijk, if add-ons value as much as an additional £21 million are triggered, each by his appearances and the workforce’s success.
Benfica had needed an preliminary £68 million for the 22-year-old however Liverpool’s new director of soccer, Julian Ward, was in Portugal for talks and negotiated a decrease price.
Nunez’s signing might assist facilitate Sadio Mane’s transfer to Bayern Munich, with Liverpool adamant they needed to recruit a alternative earlier than promoting the Senegalese, although the German champions are but to fulfill their £42 million asking value.
Nunez struck 34 occasions for Benfica final season, ending as the highest scorer within the Portuguese league and discovering the web in each legs of the Champions League quarter-final in opposition to Liverpool.
Jurgen Klopp praised him after his aim at Anfield, saying: “Extraordinarily handsome boy, eh? And an honest participant as effectively. Actually good, actually good, you need to say: bodily robust, fast, plus calm round his end, when he completed the aim off he was actually calm. If he stays wholesome it’s a giant profession forward of him.”
Nunez is about to change into the second ahead Liverpool have signed from Portugal in 2022, after Luis Diaz, however they’ve positively misplaced one attacker, with Divock Origi going, and Takumi Minamino and Mane prone to observe.
Kaynak: briturkish.com