Darwin Nunez's transfer to Liverpool FC is on the verge of being completed.
The 22-year-old looks set to become Jurgen Klopp's latest signing after Benfica confirmed an agreement worth up to £85m has been reached. It is understood Nunez will sign a six-year contract with the Reds, who will pay the Portuguese giants a set fee of £64.1m (€75m), with a possible £12.8m (€15m) in appearance-related add-ons and £8.5m (€10m) depending on team success.
Although the initial fee is short of the club record £75m spent to take Virgil van Dijk from Southampton in January 2018, the overall package for Nunez will almost certainly make him the Reds' most expensive signing. Nunez hails from humble beginnings and grew up in Artigas in Uruguay.
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He proudly shared a snap of his family home with his 669k Instagram followers last year. He said: "My house, where I was happy for 14 years! I will never forget where I came from and I will always remember her fondly."
Artigas is located on the border of Brazil and is the furthest Uruguayan city from the capital, Montevideo. Nunez's rise to the top started when he joined Peñarol in 2013.
The striker made the move to Europe in 2019 when he joined Spanish Segunda Division side Almeria. After an impressive season when he scored 16 goals in 30 games, the Uruguayan signed for Benfica for a club record fee.
The marksman has gone from strength to strength since his move to the Portuguese giants and finished the season with 34 goals. Two of those goals came against LFC over two legs in the Champions League quarter final - and the incoming striker won an admirer in Jurgen Klopp.
He said: "An extremely good looking boy, eh? He is a really good boy. He played in front of me battling against [Ibrahima] Konate. He was calm for the finish. He is good, really good. If he stays healthy, he has a big career ahead of him”.
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