Liverpool have smashed their transfer record after sealing the £85m signing of Darwin Nunez
Liverpool have smashed their transfer record after finally announcing the £85million signing of Benfica forward Darwin Nunez.
The 22-year-old Uruguay international has joined the Reds in a deal that includes a £64m fee up front with add-ons taking the deal to £85m.
The overall package therefore surpasses the £75m figure Liverpool paid to Southampton for Virgil van Dijk ahead of the 2018 January transfer window.
Nunez has agreed to a six-year deal on £140,000-a-week at Anfield and passed a medical on Merseyside on Tuesday.
Eagle-eyed cameras caught Nunez being driven into Liverpool’s AXA Training Centre shortly before 10am on Tuesday as he completed the final formalities of the deal.
The 22-year-old Uruguay international joins an extremely talented attack under Jurgen Klopp
Nunez was pictured being driven into Liverpool’s training ground earlier on Tuesday morning
‘I’m really happy and delighted to be here at Liverpool. It’s a massive club,’ Nunez told the club’s official website.
‘I’d like to thank my partner and my parents and my son, who is a real source of pride for me. They’ve been really important to me in the stages in my career. I’m really proud of them, and for the work we do, me and my partner, as a team and I’m grateful to her that I’m here.
‘It’s a pleasure to be here in Liverpool and I’m very happy to be a part of this great club.
‘I’ve played against Liverpool and I’ve seen them in lots of games in the Champions League, and it’s my style of play. There are some great players here and I think it’s going to suit my style of play here.
‘As I say, I’ve watched quite a lot and it’s a very big club and I hope I can give everything that I’ve got in order to help the team.’
He added: ‘When I arrived at the training ground, I was really surprised to see the set-up and the structure and all the trophies here.
‘You 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, “Look, I was a part of that, I was there at that time, winning trophies”.
‘That’s one of the reasons why I came here to Liverpool – to win trophies and titles. I want to win a lot of trophies at Liverpool.’
Nunez scored 34 goals in 41 matches across all competitions for Benfica last season
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