Liverpool are set to spend €100 million on signing Darwin Nunez from Benfica six years after Jurgen Klopp claimed he will never sign a player for £100 million
The Merseyside club hopes to sign Darwin Nunez as a replacement for Senegalese forward, Sadio Mane, who is itching for a move to Bayern Munich.
Jurgen Klopp looks set to spend €100 million on signing Darwin Nunez but claimed he will never sign a player for £100 million six years ago.
Klopp was responding to Manchester United breaking the world transfer record in the summer of 2016 by signing Paul Pogba from Juventus for a fee of £100m after add-ons and agents’ costs were taken into account.
What Klopp said about Pogba’s move to Man United in 2016
“The day that spending £100m is football, I’m not in a job anymore, because the game is about playing together,” Klopp blasted.
He added, “That is how everybody in football understands it. You always want to have the best, but building a group is necessary to be successful.
“If you bring one player in for £100m and he gets injured, then it all goes through the chimney.
“Other clubs can go out and spend more money and collect top players.
“I want to do it differently. I would even do it differently if I could spend that money.”
Liverpool on the verge of signing Darwin Nunez for a club-record fee of €100m
This is as a result of Liverpool closing in on the signing of Darwin Nunez from Benfica for a fee that could rise to a club record of €100m.
The Reds have been in long talks with Benfica for the 22-year-old Uruguayan striker as a possible replacement for Sadio Mane who is tipped to leave Anfield in the summer.
Benfica want a €100m overall package for Nunez. They had initially wanted €80m up front and €20m in bonuses, figures with which Liverpool were reluctant to do business, Liverpool Echo reports.
However, Reds sporting director Julian Ward was able to reach a compromise which will see Liverpool spend £64.1m (€75m) in a set fee, with a possible £12.8m (€15m) in appearance-related add-ons and £8.5m (€10m) depending on team success.
It is believed that the overall package for Nunez will almost certainly make him the Reds’ most expensive signing and take him above the club-record £75m Liverpool spent to take Virgil van Dijk from Southampton in January 2018.
