Liverpool-bound Nunez would ‘compromise’ Man Utd as Ten Hag ‘appreciates’ £32m alternative

Erik ten Hag apparently isn’t that fussed to have missed out on Darwin Nunez as he would have ‘compromised the club’s strategies’, and Manchester United could instead move for a different forward he ‘appreciates’.

It looks as though Liverpool have got their man with Benfica revealing on Monday that they have reached an agreement with Liverpool over a €75m deal for Nunez, which could rise to €100m through ‘variable remuneration’.

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The 22-year-old scored 34 times in 41 appearances for Benfica last season, including in two Champions League clashes with Liverpool, and he’s said to only have had eyes for a move to Anfield this summer.

Fabrizio Romano has confirmed in his CaughtOffside column that United were interested and that Ten Hag ‘had mentioned the Uruguay international in meetings with the board’.

Nunez quite clearly wasn’t keen, but that’s fine, because United didn’t really want him anyway…

Romano claims Ten Hag was ‘not disappointed because he knows that spending a €100m package for the 22-year-old risked compromising the club’s strategies’.

They ‘certainly tried to sign Darwin, and they were still in contact with his agent until Friday, but they considered Nunez a €70m target, not €100m’.

But the transfer guru says United do still want to sign a new striker, but it’s dependent on which current players they can find suitors for, with Antony Martial said to be chief among those they want out the door.

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