Liverpool were 'very close' to selling Darwin Nunez but blocked deal for two reasons

Darwin Nunez was tipped to permission Liverpool during the wintertime transportation window, with Saudi Pro League broadside Al-Nassr, who Cristiano Ronaldo plays for, funny successful signing him

Liverpool turned down much than £62million for Darwin Nunez successful January, arsenic Saudi Arabian broadside Al-Nassr chased his signature.

Nunez, 25, was linked with an exit earlier transfer deadline day amid his third-season struggles astatine Anfield. The Uruguayan striker, who joined Liverpool from Benfica successful 2022 for a club-record interest of £85m, has lone scored six goals this term, failing to marque himself a regular starter nether caller manager Arne Slot.

Al-Nassr were reportedly heavy successful negotiations but yet turned to Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran. That means Nunez volition inactive beryllium portion of Slot's squad for the 2nd fractional of this season, arsenic Liverpool pursuit the Premier League, Champions League and Carabao Cup trophies.

But was it wasn't currency that was the problem, arsenic Al-Nassr's 2nd bid successful excess of £62m was adjacent to the Liverpool's valuation of Nunez, according to reports from Italy. The Reds inactive presumption Nunez arsenic an important portion of Slot's aboriginal plans astatine Anfield and besides didn't person a replacement lined up going into the last knockings of the winter window.

Those 2 reasons are wherefore helium stayed put, leaving the 25-year-old to support battling to beryllium himself connected Merseyside. Slot's comments connected Nunez suggest that helium inactive has religion successful him, contempt lone scoring successful 1 crippled since December 18.

"For me, helium has impact," Slot declared past month. "If you lone look astatine goals, helium hasn't scored the magnitude of goals that helium wants to score, oregon we privation a fig 9 to score, but helium does person interaction successful his work-rate. He's portion of a squad that scores a batch of goals and is winning a lot.

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"Of course, arsenic a fig 9 you privation to people much goals and that's decidedly what helium wants arsenic well. But I'm not lone judging Mohamed Salah connected his goals and Darwin connected his goals - I besides justice them connected their work-rate and what they bring to the team. The fans enactment him truthful overmuch that possibly helium wants it excessively much."

Nunez volition anticipation to deed the backmost of the nett successful Wednesday's Merseyside derby, arsenic Liverpool question to look Everton astatine Goodison Park for the last time. The Reds past proceed their Premier League rubric complaint astatine location to Wolves connected Sunday afternoon.

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