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Darwin Nunez looks ready to join the Merseysiders from Benfica
Liverpool FC have purportedly agreed to pay Benfica €100 million ($105 million) for their striker Darwin Nunez.
Revealed by move market master Fabrizio Romano through The Guardian, the arrangement comprises of an ensured €80 million ($84 million) for the Portuguese monsters in addition to a further €20 million ($21 million) in additional items.
This implies that the Uruguay worldwide could turn into the club's most costly player ever, with safeguard Virgil van Dijk as of now flaunting such gloating privileges after the Reds paid £75 million ($92.3 million) for him from Southampton in January 2018.
Nunez, 22, is set to continue in the strides of public group associate Luis Suarez who drove Liverpool's cutting edge from 2011 to 2014 preceding joining FC Barcelona.
Tipped to show up on a five-year contract, Penarol foundation item Nunez will be the second South American endorsed by Jurgen Klopp's men this year after Luis Diaz joined from Benfica's everlasting opponents Porto in a €60 million ($63.1 million) bargain.
Nunez arrived at Benfica from Spanish minnows Almeria, who are set to get 20% of any future deal, as a feature of a €24 million ($25.2 million) understanding in September 2020.
Scoring 48 objectives in 85 appearances for the Lisbon-based club, he dazzled in the Champions League last season in a gathering which contained Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Dynamo Kiev before Liverpool took Benfica out in the quarter-finals.
Nunez scored in every leg for his group as the Anfield outfit won 6-4 on total. However Liverpool neglecting to score against Madrid in the last lost 1-0 to Los Blancos in Paris a fortnight back has featured the requirement for a without a doubt striker.
When Klopp's go-to man front and center, Brazil star Roberto Firmino is currently frequently utilized a substitute.
Nunez's appearance could speed up the flight of Sadio Mane to Bayern Munich, from whom Liverpool have currently purportedly dismissed a £30 million ($37 million) bid while rating their charge at more than £40 million ($49 million).
Like Sane, Mohamed Salah additionally has recently a year left on his agreement as does Firmino.
With each of the three men now 30 or moving toward the achievement, however, and Klopp having marked 25-year-olds Diogo Jota and Diaz lately, fixing Nunez's unmistakable shows that Klopp is intending to recover his going after harpoon.
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