Darwin Nunez has given his priority to signing with Liverpool following a chat with Jurgen Klopp.
This comes courtesy of a tweet from Pipe Sierra, the journalist many will no doubt remember first broke the news of the Reds’ interest in Luis Diaz.
🚨 From Uruguay told me Darwin Núñez (22) has given priority to his signing with #Liverpool. He even already spoke with Jürgen Klopp 🔴
👀 Now everything is ready for the ‘Reds’ to finalize the negotiation with #Benfica. They are working on it; no deal yet pic.twitter.com/67PFx8cnSC
— Pipe Sierra (@PSierraR) June 9, 2022
Whilst a deal is yet to be agreed between Benfica and the Anfield-based outfit, there’s a growing level of confidence that appropriate terms will be thrashed out between the two sides.
It would mark a phenomenal start to life as our sporting director for Michael Edwards’ protege, Julian Ward, securing a move for one of the most exciting talents in world football as Sadio Mane appears poised to depart for Bavaria.
Able to play out wide on the left-flank and straight through the middle, the 22-year-old would replace much of the versatility lost from the potential sale of our world-class No.10.
Having registered a ludicrous 34 goals in 41 games (across all competitions), the Uruguayan stands out as a distinctly more goal-centric threat up top, in a similar vein to Diogo Jota with whom he will surely be in direct competition.