The Reds are on the verge of adding a new striker to their ranks.
Liverpool have reportedly agreed to a €75 million deal to sign Darwin Nunez from Benfica.
The Uruguayan striker attracted interest from several elite European sides after his brilliant performances for Benfica last season. However, it seems the Reds have won the transfer race for the 22-year-old.
According to The Athletic, Nunez will sign a six-year contract at Anfield. Liverpool’s deal with Benfica includes a €75 million fee plus a further €25 million in potential add-ons.
Nunez has been on international duty with Uruguay. However, he has left the national team’s camp to iron out his contract’s last details in Madrid. The striker will reportedly undergo a medical on Monday ahead of joining the Reds.
Nunez’s former manager Leonardo Ramos believes he can withstand the pressure of playing at Liverpool.
“I think that he is more mentally strong now,” Ramos, who coached Nunez at Penarol before his move to Europe, told Stats Perform. “Because I can tell you that he was suffering a lot.
“[He was] suffering at the level of running and training while crying all the time, so he knows what suffering is, he knows what constant pressure is.
“At that moment, me and his representative didn’t know [the injury he had] and probably we put a very big pressure on his head because his career as a footballer was at stake with all the conditions he had.
“It seems to me that, the fact that he was in Portugal and he was on a level where everyone was talking about him – because really everyone was talking about Darwin Nunez – it seems that today his head is ready for that, to withstand that pressure.”
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