Liverpool have completed the signing of Uruguay striker Darwin Nunez from Portuguese side Benfica on a six-year-deal for an initial \u00a364m.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old could become the club\u2019s record signing, with the fee rising to a potential \u00a385m with add-ons.<\/p>\n
Nunez scored 34 times in 41 appearances for Benfica last season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really happy and delighted to be here at Liverpool. It\u2019s a massive club,\u201d he said. \u201cI want to win a lot of trophies at Liverpool.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nunez added: \u201cI\u2019ve played against Liverpool and I\u2019ve seen them in lots of games in the Champions League \u2013 and it\u2019s my style of play. There are some great players here and I think it\u2019s going to suit my style of play here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Liverpool\u2019s current record transfer is the \u00a375m paid to sign centre-back Virgil van Dijk from Southampton in 2018.<\/p>\n
It is likely the fee for Nunez should hit the \u00a385m mark if he plays regularly. The add-ons range from how many goals he scores to whether the Reds win the Champions League.<\/p>\n
The signing is subject to international clearance and work permit approval.<\/p>\n
The frontman, 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
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
\u201cWhen I arrived at the training ground, I was really surprised to see the set-up and the structure and all the trophies here,\u201d said Nunez.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can then imagine yourself winning more trophies and then later on when you come here again and see the trophies on display, you can say, \u2018Look, I was a part of that, I was there at that time, winning trophies.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s one of the reasons why I came here to Liverpool \u2013 to win trophies and titles.\u201d<\/p>\n
Liverpool won the Carabao Cup and FA Cup last season, but were runners-up in the Premier League and lost the Champions League final to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Liverpool have completed the signing of Uruguay striker Darwin Nunez from Portuguese side Benfica on a six-year-deal for an initial \u00a364m. The 22-year-old could become the club\u2019s record signing, with the fee rising to a potential \u00a385m with add-ons. Nunez scored 34 times in 41 appearances for Benfica last season. \u201cI\u2019m really happy and delighted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":196363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2206,39998,13487,145],"class_list":["post-196362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-liverpool","tag-nunez","tag-signing","tag-transfer"],"yoast_head":"\n