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Liverpool's club-record transfer for Darwin Nunez is all but officially confirmed.

The Reds are set to pay a staggering £64.2million up front for the Benfica forward, with Portuguese paper Record reporting that a further £21.5m will be paid to the club over time in easily attainable add-ons.

Liverpool will be forced to splash out an extra £4.3m after Nunez makes 10 appearances for his new club. When he goes on to play a further 50 times, taking his total to 60, the Reds will then fork out another £8.6m. The remaining £8.6m will be triggered by performance-related objectives being reached. All in, the transfer has the potential to reach £85.5m or €100m.

The transfer bears remarkable similarities to Barcelona's big-money deal for Philippe Coutinho back in 2018, given all the bonuses involved.

Barcelona paid Liverpool £142m in total for the Brazilian, with £106m being cashed over up front and then a further £36m in reserve following certain milestones being hit.

One instalment saw Liverpool make £4.4m every time Coutinho played 25 league games for the Catalan club up to 100.

Another clause required Barcelona to shell out £4.4m after qualifying for the Champions League. This was active for two seasons.

The final bonus was to be triggered upon Barcelona winning the Champions League, which wasn't achieved.

Like Liverpool, Benfica are set to receive the vast majority of the