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

Though the Liverpool machine continues to energy on, as seen in Arne Slot’s facet choosing up an easy 4-0 win within the FA Cup over Accrington Stanley, this month may nonetheless show to be a sticky time for the Reds.

In spite of everything, the futures of Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold stay up within the air, with some nerves not less than quelled on this division when studying that Virgil Van Dijk reportedly appears to be like set to pen a brand new Anfield deal shortly.

Alongside all this contract speak, there may be one other shock participant who may very well be set to go away Merseyside behind very quickly, whilst his present deal stays in play till 2028.

Liverpool star may very well be heading for Saudi

As per a report by Anfield Watch, Darwin Nunez may 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 try to snap up the 25-year-old is money-rich Al-Hilal, with the Saudi facet wanting to dump former £200m man Neymar for some new star energy.

In spite of everything, Al-Hilal are at present beneath the managerial steerage 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 participant” calibre-wise – this would possibly nicely be a transfer that fits all events, particularly if Al-Hilal cough up some mega bucks just like the £85m as soon as forked out for the ahead.

Liverpool have been right here earlier than by way of 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 “excellent” when he nonetheless steered the Liverpool ship.

However, after his goalless displaying towards League Two opposition on Saturday, persistence shall be carrying skinny on Slot’s finish who would possibly sense a departure is probably the most logical subsequent step, with the Reds having to present in relating to 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 surprising 120 objectives subsequent to his title – the Reds have greater than bounced again with Salah ageing like a positive 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 objectives and assists since Mane’s exit, with the ex-Reds ahead now forgotten about enjoying in Saudi Arabia.

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