Darwin Nunez ready to accept transfer offer as Liverpool set asking price

Darwin Nunez is ready to accept a transfer offer to leave Liverpool but the Premier League champions are asking for at least £50m for the striker.

Nunez has largely disappointed at Anfield following a big-money move from Benfica in 2022 worth up to £85m.

The 25-year-old scored 34 goals during his last season at Benfica but has failed to hit those heights during his three-year spell at Liverpool.

Nunez has chipped in with some vital goals – scoring 40 in total over the past three seasons – but Liverpool bosses expected more from one of the most expensive signings in the club’s history.

Liverpool fielded offers for Nunez during the January transfer window but did not want to risk unsettling a squad that was on course to win the Premier League.

But Arne Slot is open to selling Nunez this summer, especially if the sale boosts his own transfer kitty and allows him to bring more new signings to the club.

Liverpool have signed Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen and are set to welcome his former teammate Florian Wirtz to Anfield in a deal worth around £115m.

Nunez is one of the players expected to make way and has emerged as a target for several clubs in Saudi Arabia and Europe.

According to Gianluca di Marzio, Napoli have identified Nunez as a top target and the Uruguay international is ‘open’ to joining the Serie A champions.

Napoli have already sealed an impressive deal for Manchester City hero Kevin De Bruyne and now want to add Nunez to Antonio Conte’s squad in Naples.

Corriere dello Sport also say Napoli are working on a deal for Nunez and believe Liverpool have quoted a price of at least £50m to interested suitors.

Napoli’s biggest competition for Nunez could in fact come from their direct rivals AC Milan, who are looking to sign a new striker for new manager Massimiliano Allegri.

The Saudi Pro League could offer Nunez a lucrative contract but he is believed to have reservations about leaving elite club football in Europe.

Despite his underwhelming spell on Merseyside, Nunez has all the attributes to be a top-class striker.

Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain have even been urged to approach Liverpool to discuss a shock move for Nunez.

‘There are two players I’d like to see at PSG and one is Kai Havertz from Arsenal,’ France World Cup winner Marcel Desailly told Oddspedia.

‘Havertz is the best option because he can play as a midfielder but also as a point of reference up front as a striker.

‘For me Havertz would be the best signing for PSG and the other is Darwin Nunez from Liverpool.

‘Nunez is a point of reference and has great movement, he has been unlucky in front of goal but I think he’d do well in a back-up role for PSG.

‘Those are the two players I’d like to see join PSG this summer.’

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