Darwin Núñez becomes the most expensive signing in the history of Liverpool

The new talent of Uruguayan football, Darwin Núñez, will be a Liverpool player in this summer market.

Darwin Núñez becomes the most expensive signing in the history of Liverpool

The new talent of Uruguayan football, Darwin Núñez, will be a Liverpool player in this summer market. This has been officially confirmed by Benfica, his club last season. The Lisbon club will receive 100 million euros for the 22-year-old striker (75 25 in variables).

Through this movement, Liverpool covers the gap that Mané will foreseeably leave, whose departure to Bayern Munich seems imminent. In addition, for the first time in his time at Mersey, Klopp will have the services of a pure nine. «He is fast and calm when it comes to defining. If he stays healthy and without injuries, he has a great career ahead of him », pointed out the German when they faced Benfica in the quarterfinals of the last Champions League.

In that tie, the charrúa scored two goals, apart from signing several performances of merit.

After sounding out Haaland and fantasizing about Mbappé, the current European Cup finalist signs the top scorer in the Portuguese championship with 26 goals (34 in all competitions). After standing out in Peñarol; he made the leap to Europe with Almería, where he scored 16 goals in a single campaign; and explode in two courses in Portugal, Nuñez becomes the most expensive signing in the history of a legendary club like Liverpool. To date it was Virgil van Dijk, for which Liverpool paid 85 million to Southampton in 2018.

On the other hand, Almería will receive 10 million in this transfer. Likewise, if all the variables were fulfilled, the Andalusian club would receive 34 million for the rights it still has of the Uruguayan striker.

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