Liverpool will have to pay Benfica an extra £8.5m after Darwin Nunes’ performance against Manchester City, according to reports.
The Reds striker made his 60th appearance under Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool canceled out Erling Haaland’s first-half opener at the Etihad Stadium thanks to Trent Alexander-Arnold’s second-half strike. According to the Mirror , Liverpool fulfilled a release clause in the £85m contract they agreed with Benfica to sign Nunes last summer.
The upfront payment was around £64m, with the remaining £21m going towards additional costs.
According to the report, one of those clauses is that Liverpool will have to pay Nunes £8.5m if he plays 60 games. The Uruguayan reached the milestone when he came on for Klopp and scored in the 85th minute against City. Scored 22 goals and 10 assists in 60 games, all for Mohamed Salah. With Klopp commenting on his performances since the start of this season, Núñez will surely enjoy United’s improved form this season. Wall:
“Darwin is a number 9. He can also play on the wing and it depends on how we work with the opposition, if they have space and want to unlock his full potential. The thing is, last year, especially when things went wrong, it was very important to have everything in place and we needed a number 9 to be able to completely protect the center in a way that Darwin couldn’t at the time. . . Now he can do it.” We’re built a little differently now, with a different level of confidence, so we’ve been using all the training to get used to it. At this point, if the defense is stable, you should play in the center.
This is to make sure we are compact, but we don’t have to evaluate all the different options the other side may have. We got used to Bobby [Firmino], Cody [Gakpo] came in really well and all of a sudden the first thing Darwin did was expand the line-up and stay there. “The team needed consistency [last season].”Commenting on the player’s confidence, Klopp added: “It’s a mystery in a striker’s life. It gets easier because you have more goals.
He misses his chances all the time, but missing the first five chances before scoring is not good. Now he started the season well and scored some fantastic goals, then another and another. Another moment.
