Liverpool agree deal with Benfica for Darwin Nunez

Liverpool have agreed a deal with Benfica to sign forward Darwin Nunez for an initial fee of €75m, the Portuguese club have announced.

With potential add-ons, the total cost of the transfer could rise to a club record €100m.

That fee would eclipse the £75m (€87.7m) the Anfield club paid for Virgil van Dijk in 2018.

A statement from Benfica released in the early hours of this morning said the club had “reached an agreement with Liverpool FC for the sale of all rights to the player Darwin Nunez, for the amount of 75 million euros”.

It added that the “total amount of the sale could reach the amount of 100 million euros”.

Liverpool will now look to finalise the terms of what is understood to be a six-year contract with the 22-year-old Uruguay international.

Nunez scored 34 times for Benfica last season in all competitions, including goals in both legs of the club’s Champions League quarter-final defeat to Liverpool in April.