{"id":1120611,"date":"2022-06-13T17:26:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T17:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/13\/liverpool-reach-agreement-with-benfica-for-uruguay-striker\/"},"modified":"2022-06-13T17:26:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T17:26:39","slug":"liverpool-reach-agreement-with-benfica-for-uruguay-striker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/13\/liverpool-reach-agreement-with-benfica-for-uruguay-striker\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool reach agreement with Benfica for Uruguay striker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/125373602_gettyimages-1239868936-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Darwin Nunez scored for Benfica against Liverpool in both a 3-1 defeat and 3-3 draw in last season's Champions league\" title=\"Darwin Nunez scored for Benfica against Liverpool in both a 3-1 defeat and 3-3 draw in last season's Champions league\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darwin Nunez scored for Benfica against Liverpool in both a 3-1 defeat and 3-3 draw in last season&#8217;s Champions league<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>   <!--  --><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool have reached a deal with Benfica to sign Uruguay striker Darwin Nunez, the Portuguese club have confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Benfica say a fee of 75m euros (\u00a364m), rising to a potential 100m euros (\u00a385m) with add-ons, has been agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Nunez, 22, scored 34 times in 41 appearances across all competitions for Benfica last season.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool\u2019s record transfer is the \u00a375m paid to sign centre-back Virgil van Dijk from Southampton in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Premier League rivals Manchester United were\u00a0reportedly also interested in signing Nunez, who cost Benfica 24m euros (\u00a320.5m) when he signed from Spanish side Almeria in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The striker, who has 11 caps for Uruguay, scored 26 goals in 28 league games in 2021-22 \u2013 with 25 of those goals coming in the 24 league matches in which he started.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He also scored six times in 10 Champions League games last season, including against Liverpool in both legs of their quarter-final in April.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool won the FA Cup and Carabao Cup last season \u2013 along with finishing as Premier League runners-up and losing in the Champions League final.<\/p>\n<p>Portuguese 19-year-old Fabio Carvalho became Liverpool\u2019s\u00a0first signing of the summer transfer window\u00a0in May, with the forward set to officially join from Fulham on 1 July.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds have\u00a0rejected a deal worth \u00a330m\u00a0from Bayern Munich for Senegal forward Sadio Mane who, like the club\u2019s Egyptian star Mohamed Salah, is set to become a free agent next summer if an agreement over a new contract cannot be reached.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil forward Roberto Firmino, another key part of Liverpool\u2019s attack during Klopp\u2019s tenure, has also entered the final 12 months of his current deal, while Japan international\u00a0Takumi Minamino is attracting interest\u00a0from a number of clubs.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"InPigI6wv2w\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Myth Surrounding Blood Transfusion - Nkwa Hia on Adom TV (11-6-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/InPigI6wv2w?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darwin Nunez scored for Benfica against Liverpool in both a 3-1 defeat and 3-3 draw in last season&#8217;s Champions league Liverpool have reached a deal with Benfica to sign Uruguay striker Darwin Nunez, the Portuguese club have confirmed. 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