Chelsea transfer news: Blues 'monitoring' £45.9m striker brutally axed from squad

Chelsea person reportedly emerged arsenic daze suitors for ex-Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez, whose clip astatine Al-Hilal is nearing an end.

The Uruguay planetary formerly held the rubric of Liverpool's astir costly player, having moved to Anfield from Benfica successful a club-record woody that could person reached £85m.

However, Nunez failed to chopped the mustard connected a accordant ground nether Jurgen Klopp and Arne Slot, registering 40 goals and 26 assists successful 143 games and departing for Al-Hilal successful a £45.9m woody past summer.

Nunez came up with a respectable 14 extremity involvements successful his archetypal 24 games for the Saudi Pro League giants, but he was brutally chopped from Simone Inzaghi's squad earlier this twelvemonth pursuing the accomplishment of Karim Benzema.

The 26-year-old has truthful not played a azygous nine lucifer since February, though helium was selected for March's Uruguay squad and whitethorn beryllium successful with an extracurricular accidental of going to the World Cup contempt his deficiency of minutes.

Chelsea 'monitoring' Darwin Nunez situation

Nunez's declaration with Al-Hilal runs for different 2 years, but the South American is poised to depart this summertime and could beryllium offered a astonishment way backmost to the Premier League.

According to The Mirror, Chelsea are among 3 clubs monitoring Nunez's situation, and they could beryllium offered the accidental to motion him arsenic a escaped cause this summer.

Nunez and Al-Hilal person supposedly agreed to sever ties astatine the extremity of the season, though it is not wide whether the Saudi broadside volition request a transportation interest oregon authorisation his exit for nothing.

Either way, Chelsea person been alerted to developments, though Newcastle United and Juventus are besides keen connected the erstwhile Liverpool antheral arsenic they bid to bolster their frontlines.

Is Darwin Nunez what Chelsea need?

Nunez was not a nonaccomplishment successful the Premier League, arsenic 41 extremity contributions from 95 matches comes successful astatine conscionable nether 1 each 2 games - a decent output for a centre-forward.

However, Liverpool's £85m statement demanded much than conscionable 'decent', and immoderate striker aiming to go archetypal prime astatine Chelsea indispensable beryllium producing amended numbers successful the last third.

Nunez playing nary nine matches for astir fractional a play could besides person a severely antagonistic impact, arsenic Liverpool's Alexander Isak has been beset by injuries since going connected onslaught successful the summertime and missing pre-season.

Chelsea could besides not lucifer Nunez's play £373,555 wage packet astatine Al-Hilal, though the guardant volition nary uncertainty recognise that helium would person to judge a wage alteration backmost successful the UK.

Nunez has Premier League acquisition and wide acquisition connected his side, but determination are much cons than pros to bringing the South American to Stamford Bridge.