'Liverpool offer made us laugh', tremendous revelation over Klopp's star signing

Revelations were made about the Reds' negotiation to sign one of their current stars

20/10/2022, 04:36 AM +00:00

Benfica president and former Portugal international Rui Costa claimed that the sale of Darwin Núnez to Liverpool was a success and that no matter how much they wanted to keep him, it was impossible: 'We are talking about one of the highest transfers of the market,' said Rui Costa when interviewed by BTV, adding: 'We are still emerging from a pandemic situation, which has paralysed the football market.

The sale of Darwin is more than justified, there were no conditions to keep him at the club, it was completely impossible, for the values that entered the club and for what the player went on to earn,' he said. The Uruguayan striker trained in Peñarol in his last season at the Portuguese club scored 34 goals in 41 games in all competitions.

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He also emigrated to the Premier League with the title of top scorer of that country: 'His sale was a success for the values that came in and for what the player went on to earn,' said the president of the Portuguese club. 'When we heard of Liverpool's interest in Darwin Núnez, we expected the offer to be 40 or 45 million. When they offered 80M, we all started to laugh. We made a counter-offer of 100M and they accepted it. The world of football is crazy', added Rui Costa.

Demonstrating that Liverpool will still have to make another significant payment to Benfica to finish paying for the signing of the Uruguayan striker for whom they initially paid 75 million euros, but will have to complete the payment as the player fulfils certain objectives.

Núñez was Liverpool's star player

Liverpool beat West Ham United 1-0 at home on Matchday 12 of the Premier League and continue to climb up the table, three days after knocking Manchester City off their unbeaten run. The Reds are seventh on 16 points, 11 behind leaders Arsenal. Darwin Nunez opened the scoring in the 22nd minute when he headed home a cross from the left by Greece's Konstantinos Tsimikas. It was the Uruguayan's first goal at Anfield Road in a Reds shirt and his fifth on the global stage.