{"id":175746,"date":"2024-04-26T14:50:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T14:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/jurgen-klopp-ordered-liverpool-to-sign-darwin-nunez-over-52m-chelsea-star-report\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T14:50:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T14:50:42","slug":"jurgen-klopp-ordered-liverpool-to-sign-darwin-nunez-over-52m-chelsea-star-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/jurgen-klopp-ordered-liverpool-to-sign-darwin-nunez-over-52m-chelsea-star-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurgen Klopp ordered Liverpool to sign Darwin Nunez over \u00a352m Chelsea star \u2013 report \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Liverpool were interested in signing Christopher Nkunku in 2022 before Jurgen Klopp insisted on bringing in Darwin Nunez instead, according to a report.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nunez has proven to be one of the Premier League\u2019s most polarising players since joining the Reds from Benfica nearly two years ago. He has registered 33 goals and 17 assists in 92 matches for Liverpool, but has faced criticism for his wastefulness and lack of clinical edge.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently,\u00a0Nunez\u00a0has come under fire for his performance in Liverpool\u2019s 2-0 defeat to Merseyside rivals Everton on Tuesday, failing to convert a string of chances in a loss that is likely to prove fatal to his side\u2019s title hopes.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Times<\/em>\u00a0report that Klopp has been a huge believer in Nunez and his departure this summer will see the Uruguayan lose one of his strongest allies at the club. When\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0were on the hunt for a new forward in the summer of 2022, their \u2018recruitment think-tank\u2019 wanted to sign France international Nkunku, but Klopp pushed for Nunez instead, bringing him in for an initial \u00a364m fee that could yet reach \u00a385m if add-ons are met.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/01hwcvapyjkp6z8gcjmb.jpg\" alt=\"Christopher Nkunku\" title=\"Christopher Nkunku\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Nkunku was Liverpool\u2019s alternative to Nunez \/ Visionhaus\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Nunez had performed well against Liverpool in their Champions League quarter-final with Benfica during the latter stages of the 2021\/22 season, scoring twice as the Portuguese side lost 6-4 on aggregate.<\/p>\n<p>Nkunku, on the other hand, was coming off a sensational season with RB Leipzig, tallying 35 goals and 20 assists in 52 matches. He won the Bundesliga\u2019s Player of the Season award and led Leipzig to victory in the DFB-Pokal, while they also reached the semi-finals of the Europa League.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea\u00a0eventually agreed a \u00a352m deal to sign Nkunku prior to the 2023\/24 season but at the end of the summer 2022 transfer window. Injuries have restricted the forward to only 10 appearances for the Blues so far however, scoring twice in those games.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-1150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-855420\"  \/><\/figure>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool were interested in signing Christopher Nkunku in 2022 before Jurgen Klopp insisted on bringing in Darwin Nunez instead, according to a report. Nunez has proven to be one of the Premier League\u2019s most polarising players since joining the Reds from Benfica nearly two years ago. He has registered 33 goals and 17 assists in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":175747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jurgen Klopp ordered Liverpool to sign Darwin Nunez over \u00a352m Chelsea star \u2013 report \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/jurgen-klopp-ordered-liverpool-to-sign-darwin-nunez-over-52m-chelsea-star-report\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jurgen Klopp ordered Liverpool to sign Darwin Nunez over \u00a352m Chelsea star \u2013 report \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Liverpool were interested in signing Christopher Nkunku in 2022 before Jurgen Klopp insisted on bringing in Darwin Nunez instead, according to a report. 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