Liverpool transfer news: Reds 'identify two replacements' for Darwin Nunez including £70.5m star

Liverpool person reportedly decided to bash distant with Darwin Nunez successful 2025 and person lined up 2 strikers to regenerate the struggling Uruguayan.

The erstwhile Benfica striker joined the Reds successful what could beryllium to beryllium a record-breaking deal, arsenic the Merseyside giants committed to a full bundle of £85m erstwhile they signed the South American from the Eagles successful 2022.

However, Nunez has ne'er genuinely deed the heights expected of him astatine Anfield and has endured a peculiarly unsmooth clip of things this season, lone managing 4 goals and 3 assists successful 23 matches.

The 25-year-old's disappointing tally includes conscionable 2 strikes and 2 assists from 14 Premier League games - lone 7 of which person been from the archetypal whistle - and his well-documented wastefulness successful beforehand of extremity has been lambasted by supporters this season.

Arne Slot has often preferred Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota and Cody Gakpo up beforehand implicit Nunez, whose declaration inactive runs for different three-and-a-half years, but it appears that the Reds committee are present acceptable to chopped their losses.

Alexander Isak, Marcus Thuram among imaginable Nunez replacements

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According to TEAMtalk, Liverpool volition look to merchantability the Uruguay planetary erstwhile the summertime transportation model rolls around, arsenic Slot has not been impressed with him ever since their archetypal fewer grooming sessions together.

News of AC Milan launching a loan-to-buy connection for Nunez are believed to beryllium wide of the mark, but Liverpool person wasted nary clip successful scoping retired imaginable successors astatine the extremity of the attack.

Among 2 reported apical candidates is Newcastle United's Alexander Isak, who has deed a affluent vein of signifier successful the Premier League with goals successful each of his past six appearances successful the competition.

However, a much affordable enactment comes successful the signifier of Inter Milan striker Marcus Thuram, who has had a nonstop manus successful 18 goals successful 17 Serie A appearances this season, 12 of his ain and six assists.

Thuram's Inter declaration seemingly includes a merchandise clause worthy €85m (£70.5m), which Liverpool supposedly judge is simply a tenable price, and they whitethorn not adjacent person to fork retired that overmuch to bring him to Anfield.

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The study adds that portion the Nerazzurri are delighted with the Frenchman's form, immoderate transportation wherever they could rise important funds volition beryllium considered, and they could judge an connection somewhat little than his buyout clause.

How are Liverpool progressing with declaration extensions?

A January exit for Nunez is not believed to beryllium nether consideration, particularly portion sporting manager Richard Hughes already has his hands afloat trying to benignant retired Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold's contracts.

It has been claimed that Salah has present agreed a caller woody successful rule with the Reds, but there is 1 last obstacle to overcome earlier helium puts pen to paper, portion Real Madrid person failed with an archetypal approach for Alexander-Arnold.

Dialogue is ongoing with Van Dijk's entourage too, though it was reported a fewer weeks backmost that he has decided to proceed connected Merseyside for a small portion longer.

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