Liverpool star Darwin Nunez 'green lights' move after private transfer talks

Darwin Nunez has given Napoli the go-ahead to open talks with Liverpool over a transfer with the Uruguay star open to the idea of joining the newly minted Italian champions.

Anfield has already seen a flurry of transfer activity so far this month, with Jeremie Frimpong joining the Reds from Bayer Leverkusen alongside his team-mate, Florian Wirtz, who made the same move for a British record transfer fee of £116million.

Further incomings are already in the pipeline with Milos Kerkez set to join from Bournemouth and Crystal Palace's Marc Guehi also on the radar.

Liverpool would also like to add a new striker to their squad this summer with Nunez, 25, available for transfer following his underwhelming 2024-25 campaign.

Napoli are among those courting the former Benfica man and, per reports in Europe, Nunez has now given the Serie A outfit an 'initial green light' after having the club's 'project' pitched to him.

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While Nunez is open to the idea of moving to Naples, any transfer would be dependant on Napoli and Liverpool agreeing a fee with the Reds unlikely to sell on the cheap.

An agreement over personal terms would also have to be struck with Nunez, who moved to Anfield in a deal which could have reached £85m if all add-ons and bonuses were met.

Previous reports have outlined that Liverpool would consider offers starting at €50m (£42.7m) with add-ons to nudge the figure up.

The Reds rejected a £60m bid for the Nunez's services from Al-Nassr in January and there has been interest more recently from the Middle East, though the player has no appetite to move to the Saudi Pro Leagueat this point in his career.

After starting just eight Premier League games last season, Nunez headed into the summer open to the prospect of a move away from Merseyside despite Liverpool's Premier League title triumph last month.

Arne Slot paid tribute to the striker's attitude towards the end of the season, saying: “I don’t know exactly what is going to happen. One of the main strengths we had this season is that everybody accepted his role.

“And his role sometimes could be to start every single game, hardly be taken off, sometimes be taken off. It could be sometimes not starting every single game, sometimes not playing hardly minutes.”

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