Ultra-rich club targeting Liverpool star to replace £200m icon

Though the Liverpool machine continues to energy on, as seen in Arne Slot‘s aspect selecting up a simple 4-0 win within the FA Cup over Accrington Stanley, this month might nonetheless show to be a sticky time for the Reds.

In any case, the futures of Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold stay up within the air, with some nerves no less than quelled on this division when studying that Virgil Van Dijk reportedly appears set to pen a new Anfield deal shortly.

Alongside all this contract discuss, there may be one other shock participant who might be set to depart Merseyside behind very quickly, at the same time as his present deal stays in play till 2028.

Liverpool star might be heading for Saudi

As per a report by Anfield Watch, Darwin Nunez might now be on the transfer this January as new suitors eye up the hot-and-cold Uruguayan.

A type of recent outfits getting ready to attempt to snap up the 25-year-old is money-rich Al-Hilal, with the Saudi aspect wanting to dump former £200m man Neymar for some new star energy.

In any case, Al-Hilal are presently beneath the managerial steering of ex-Benfica boss Jorge Jesus, who managed to show Nunez right into a revered objective machine in Portugal.

Furthermore, with Nunez sliding additional and additional down the pecking order beneath Slot – with ex-Reds nice Robbie Fowler stating previous to his Accrington duck that he is “not a Liverpool player” calibre-wise – this may effectively be a transfer that fits all events, particularly if Al-Hilal cough up some mega bucks just like the £85m once forked out for the forward.

Liverpool have been right here earlier than when it comes to dropping an attacker who had left his mark on proceedings at Anfield, just for the Reds to get better simply from this departure with Luis Diaz, Cody Gakpo and extra now lighting up the Premier League.

A Sadio Mane-like exit for Liverpool

While it is clear that Nunez will not go down in the identical legend’s bracket as Sadio Mane when he does exit, it might nonetheless be a knock to lose the Uruguayan, particularly when you think about the amount of money that was splashed to land him.

Moreover, he has proven his class in spurts for the Reds, with 37 strikes picked up in complete for the Merseyside giants leading to Jurgen Klopp labelling the 6 foot 2 attacker as “outstanding” when he nonetheless steered the Liverpool ship.

However, after his goalless exhibiting in opposition to League Two opposition on Saturday, persistence will probably be carrying skinny on Slot’s finish who may sense a departure is probably the most logical subsequent step, with the Reds having to present in concerning a sale of Mane too after the Senegalese ace rejected a brand new contract.

While that growth was initially demoralising – contemplating Mane bowed out of Liverpool with a shocking 120 goals subsequent to his identify – the Reds have greater than bounced again with Salah ageing like a high quality wine, alongside the heroics of different stars up prime.

As might be seen above, Slot has an entire host of thrilling gamers in assault he can select from, with Salah chipping in with an outrageous 90 targets and assists since Mane’s exit, with the ex-Reds ahead now forgotten about enjoying in Saudi Arabia.

The identical might quickly occur to Nunez if he makes an Al-Hilal transfer a actuality, with Liverpool little question utilizing the thousands and thousands they’d recoup so as to add one other scary attacker to their already star-studded arsenal.

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