Liverpool are reportedly about to sign Benfica striker Darwin Nunez – but they’ve not had much success with players from the Primeira Liga.
Nunez could cost the Reds up to £85million and will become just the sixth player to move directly from the Portuguese top flight to Liverpool.
We’ve taken a look at the previous five and how they fared at Anfield.
Luis Diaz
Despite only being at Liverpool for a few months, Diaz has already achieved more than the other players on this list.
The Colombia international spent two-and-a-half years at Porto before completing a £37million move to Liverpool in January 2022.
He hit the ground running and established himself in the starting XI by registering 11 direct goal contributions in the second half of the 2021-22 season.
The 25-year-old also helped Jurgen Klopp’s side win two trophies after producing Man of the Match performances in the League Cup and FA Cup finals.
“He’s a fantastic boy,” Klopp said after the 2022 FA Cup final win. “It’s so funny, we hugged each other after the game just shouting ‘vamos’ and whatever, the few words I know in similar languages. It’s so funny.
“But he gets our football, 100 per cent. We thought we saw that at Porto, but that it really is like this, I feel lucky as well to be honest.
“He fits like a glove to our football, and that’s really, really special.”
That one would have felt good for Luis Diaz! 👊
The former Porto man bags his first #UCL goal for Liverpool to regain their two-goal advantage ✌️
Klopp’s smile says it all! pic.twitter.com/VPpaz89Fot
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) April 5, 2022
Raul Meireles
After Javier Mascherano left Liverpool for Barcelona in 2010, Roy Hodgson reacted by signing Meireles from Porto in a £10.7million deal.
The midfielder, who had impressed at the World Cup, initially struggled to adapt to English football but turned things around following Kenny Dalglish’s appointment in January 2011.
He registered five assists and five goals in 33 Premier League appearances for the club, including brilliant strikes against Everton and Wolves.
Despite Liverpool’s struggles in 2010-11, the Portugal international surprisingly beat off competition from Samir Nasri and Dimitar Berbatov to win the PFA Fans’ Player of the Year award.
But the Reds reportedly failed to honour a pre-existing agreement to offer Meireles an improved contract, and he then completed a £12million move to Chelsea on…
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