Liverpool have reached an settlement with Al Hilal for the sale of Darwin Nunez.
The Saudi Professional League membership have supplied a hard and fast charge of £46.2m (€53m) plus add-ons that would take the deal to £56.6m (€65m).
It’s understood that Liverpool are but to learn that Nunez has given his greenlight to the transfer.
Sky in Italy are reporting that Al Hilal are ready to fulfill Nunez’s wage calls for.
AC Milan have been and made an strategy, however have been unlikely to ever match these figures.
Ought to Nunez go away Anfield he’ll accomplish that having scored 40 targets in 143 appearances for the membership since a 2022 transfer from Benfica, which initially price the Reds £64m on the time.
Regardless of scoring 18 targets in Jurgen Klopp’s closing season he managed solely seven final time period underneath Arne Slot, although did bag two important stoppage-time targets to provide Liverpool a 2-0 win at Brentford in January.
Evaluation: Will Liverpool be unhappy to lose Nunez?
South American soccer knowledgeable Tim Vickery:
“I would be very sorry to lose him. He’s a player that always gives you something and I’m still hoping Nunez can evolve this move in another direction.
“He is Uruguay’s leading edge. His document for Uruguay is excellent certainly. He is an optimist of the objective – he is all the time making an attempt, all the time placing himself round, working into the channels.
“Although there are some Liverpool fans who have a resistance to him, there are many who really appreciate his efforts.
“This yr, going into the World Cup, it is an essential transfer to make and he could come to the conclusion that going to Saudi will go away him more energizing for the World Cup, however he can be a loss to the Premier League.”
Should Liverpool sign Isak with Nunez set to leave?
Jamie Carragher says he wants Liverpool to sign Alexander Isak from Newcastle, but has questioned whether the club should be spending such big money.
Earlier in August, Liverpool made an initial bid of £110m plus add-ons, Sky Sports News reported. However, the total offer did not reach £120m, with the Magpies valuing the striker at £150m.
Liverpool have also signed Hugo Ekitike this summer, who can also play as a No 9, and Carragher says splashing out on the forward to have him potentially be a back-up ‘doesn’t sit right’ with him.
Alexander Isak’s Premier League stats and ranks final season
Alexander Isak creates scoring alternatives from shut vary
Talking on The Overlap, he stated: “It will be an amazing signing. But from a Liverpool fan point of view, I don’t want the club to spend £150m on Isak.
“I may most likely think about that he was Liverpool’s No 1 goal however there’s one thing about Liverpool shopping for a striker [Ekitike] for £80m and he is a back-up. There’s one thing about it that does not sit proper to me.
“I look at Isak, he’s obviously thrown his toys out of the pram once Arsenal and Liverpool signed a striker. From him and his agent’s point of view, did they not tell Newcastle months ago that they wanted to move on? It just seems a little bit messy.”
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