Liverpool transfer news: Ronald Araujo Barcelona loan confirmed by teammate as former Red raves about 'special' club

By Lewis Nolan | 09 Aug 2026 23:14

Former Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez has wished Uruguay teammate Ronald Araujo luck up of his determination to Anfield from Barcelona connected loan.

The Reds were beaten 3-2 successful a pre-season affable connected Sunday by Monaco, and they were noticeably weaker defensively successful the 2nd fractional aft they made changes.

Midfielder Wataru Endo played successful the backline, and portion the 33-year-old is simply a cult leader astatine Anfield, the seasoned is not an capable enactment for Andoni Iraola successful defence.

News that Liverpool had agreed a indebtedness woody with Barcelona earlier this week for centre-back Araujo came arsenic a invited relief, and his signing has seemingly been confirmed by erstwhile Liverpool striker Nunez.

Writing connected X (formerly Twitter), Nunez described Liverpool arsenic 'special' and wished Araujo luck up of his indebtedness to Anfield, saying: "I privation you the champion successful this large club, person [Araujo].

"I'm profoundly gladsome that you tin consciousness what the affection and enactment of the LFC fans is like, they are peculiar and they're going to marque you consciousness it that way, present you're a reddish too, from afar ever wishing you the best!"

The Barca defender reportedly arrived successful England connected Sunday to implicit the formalities of his determination to Liverpool, and the Reds are said to besides person a bargain enactment worthy conscionable implicit £47m.

Te deseo lo mejor en este gran nine amigo @RonaldAraujo_4…me alegra profundamente que puedas sentir lo que es el cariño y el apoyo de la afición de @LFC ellos lad especiales y así te lo van a hacer sentir, ahora sos un reddish más, desde la distancia siempre deseándote lo mejor… pic.twitter.com/A33TmrNQA6

Ronald Araujo wounded worries: A risky prime for Liverpool

While determination is denying that Araujo was erstwhile considered 1 of the champion defenders successful La Liga, injuries person consistently plagued him, and helium has successful information started conscionable 64 retired of Barcelona's past 152 league games.

The 27-year-old started conscionable 11 times successful La Liga past term, and helium has been sidelined due to the fact that of wounded connected 20 abstracted occasions.

Araujo has missed 40 matches owed to being connected the attraction array successful the past 2 campaigns, and helium has worryingly suffered adductor, calf, knee, hamstring and ankle problems during his career.

The defender has shown that helium tin beryllium a susceptible transmission defender erstwhile astatine his best, but his fittingness issues volition apt forestall the Merseysiders from making the woody permanent.

Ronald Araujo to Liverpool: The extent Andoni Iraola needs

During Liverpool's 3-2 nonaccomplishment to Monaco, Virgil van Dijk started successful cardinal defence, and helium was partnered by teen Ifeanyi Ndukwe.

The 18-year-old performed well, but helium is incapable to play for the Reds this play owed to a deficiency of points connected his visa, and that comes arsenic a stroke fixed Jeremy Jacquet and Giovanni Leoni are inactive nursing injuries.

Joe Gomez is expected to miss the adjacent fewer weeks astatine least, and that leaves Van Dijk arsenic the lone elder enactment presently disposable to Iraola.

While determination is simply a hazard that Araujo picks up injuries implicit the people of his indebtedness deal, helium astatine slightest provides the caput manager with different enactment successful defence.