[Albion] Darwin Núñez

[Hugo Rune]

“The Red Devils fear being priced out of a move for Darwin Nunez with Benfica having told United it will cost them about £100m to sign the 22-year-old Uruguay international. (Star)”

We’d have finished in the top 4 with him in our squad this season. The club did so amazingly well to scout him, they probably gave it everything to get his signature but not enough sadly.

 

[schmunk]

“The Red Devils fear being priced out of a move for Darwin Nunez with Benfica having told United it will cost them about £100m to sign the 22-year-old Uruguay international. (Star)”

We’d have finished in the top 4 with him in our squad this season. The club did so amazingly well to scout him, they probably gave it everything to get his signature but not enough sadly.

When Benfica could offer him CL football and a Portuguese-speaking squad, we were never really in with a chance. Some people still don't seem to acknowledge that...

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

When Benfica could offer him CL football and a Portuguese-speaking squad, we were never really in with a chance. Some people still don't seem to acknowledge that...

It seems as though everything with Nunez was just one year too early for us. If we'd been chasing him on the back of a season finishing 9th, we could have sold the move to him on the strength of the fact that he'd be the player to push us into challenging for a spot in a European competition and playing in the PL week in week out, which would have probably been a better option than Benfica. Unfortunately we were in for him after finishing 16th and not showing signs of being serious contenders to move up the table to anyone looking from the outside in and Champions League football would trump a PL relegation battle.

Now he's well out of our reach.

 

[Billy the Fish]

When Benfica could offer him CL football and a Portuguese-speaking squad, we were never really in with a chance. Some people still don't seem to acknowledge that...

Yeah, at that point we had no chance. Maybe if we'd gone in a year earlier we would've got him, but then he wouldn't have got a year of 1st team football under his belt.

I think to do successful footy transfers sometimes you need the stars to align at the right time. In this case they didn't for us but they did for Benfica.

 

[Swansman]

My guess is still that the club made an enquiry a couple of years ago when he was playing for Almeria and since then everything is just agent talk and made up rumours. Never even close, I would imagine.

 

[Icy Gull]

Roy Keane, Ian Wright, VVD, Nunez

 

[GT49er]

Roy Keane, Ian Wright, VVD, Nunez

Denis Law ......................

 

[Icy Gull]

Denis Law ......................

Did you just make that up?

 

[GT49er]

Did you just make that up?

No. Billy Lane wanted him when he was at Huddersfield in his young days, before ManU. Directors said no, too small and skinny.

 

[Springal]

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[Farehamseagull]

Liverpool would be a great move for him and the club. Much better than United or Newcastle. Seem to be strange things going on with Salah and Mane at the moment and they're not getting any younger anyway so they need replacements and he would be perfect for them.

 

[Brian Fantana]

My guess is still that the club made an enquiry a couple of years ago when he was playing for Almeria and since then everything is just agent talk and made up rumours. Never even close, I would imagine.

This, almost certainly.

 

[The Fits]

Nunez is obviously a fantastic talent with huge potential but It can’t help but feel Nunez, Díaz, Jota looks some way off peak Mane, Salah, Firminho. In a few seasons they could be absolutely mind blowing but it might take them a while to reach the heights Liverpool have come to expect.

 

[Commander]

My guess is still that the club made an enquiry a couple of years ago when he was playing for Almeria and since then everything is just agent talk and made up rumours. Never even close, I would imagine.

He was at our training ground apparently, so it must have gone some way further than that!

 

[Swansman]

He was at our training ground apparently, so it must have gone some way further than that!

According to a real source or the local icecream salesman or your "22-year-man-radar"?

 

[Jim Van Winkle]

Liverpool would be a great move for him and the club. Much better than United or Newcastle. Seem to be strange things going on with Salah and Mane at the moment and they're not getting any younger anyway so they need replacements and he would be perfect for them.

But Man United and Newcastle can match or even exceed Liverpool in the wages department and can offer more guaranteed starts in the first team.

 

[Southern Scouse]

Origi, Minamino (Who is a snip at £17m) and Mane leaving. Salah playing silly buggars for a year….
He would have plenty of game time. Plus, LFC do not pay £85m for a player to sit in the bench. Saw him playing for benfica and I think he would be a great fit. Nunez, Dias, Jota, Firminho and Kaiden. Not too shabby

 

[saafend_seagull]

Origi, Minamino (Who is a snip at £17m) and Mane leaving. Salah playing silly buggars for a year….
He would have plenty of game time. Plus, LFC do not pay £85m for a player to sit in the bench. Saw him playing for benfica and I think he would be a great fit. Nunez, Dias, Jota, Firminho and Kaiden. Not too shabby

Minamino should be our number 1 priority


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[Commander]

According to a real source or the local icecream salesman or your "22-year-man-radar"?

Oh Good Lord above, not this again. You've broken me, I can't bring myself to respond properly.

 

[Easy 10]

My understanding, and I've not ploughed through this thread, was that we'd scouted him for quite a while and agreed a fee with Benfica, but once they finished 3rd and qualified for the CL, that shifted the narrative and we couldn't agree Terms with the player, being as (unsurprisingly) he fancied a crack at CL football rather than signing up for a relegation scrap in the PL. Can't blame him for that. As someone else mentioned, sometimes the stars need to align for a deal to go through, but with that extra season in Portugal he has obviously now become WAY beyond our means. Thats not a failure on BHA's part, its just how things panned out.

A pity, but we move on.