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Napoli, which is aiming to recruit Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), is expected to be preparing another large offer.
Fabrizio Romano, who reported the news of the European transfer market, said on SNS on the 14th (Korea time) that `Napoli is competing with Saudi clubs to recruit Darwin Núñez (Liverpool)."
Uruguayan striker Núñez is certain to leave Liverpool in the transfer window this summer. Since he wore his Liverpool jersey in 2022, he has been drawing a gentle downward curve. Since last winter's transfer market, the separation has been weighed. At that time, Al Nasr (Saudi Arabia) offered a large amount of money worth 75 million pounds (about 139.1 billion won), and Nuñez was also known to have shown considerable interest. However, it did not happen as Liverpool failed to find a replacement for Núñez.
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Rumors of a transfer flared up again when Núñez finished the season with a poor record of five goals in 30 Premier League games in the 2024-2025 season. Since the end of the season, news has been reported that Atletico Madrid (Spain) is showing interest. In the midst of this, it was recently reported that al-Hilal (Saudi) had contacted Núñez. Although a special contract with Al Hilal, who is about to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup, was not made, it was still a part of Saudi teams' interest in him.
Napoli, who reached the top of Serie A in the 2024-2025 season, is busy reinforcing its power in the summer. He signed a 22 million-euro contract with Yunus Musa, who played for AC Milan, and Kevin De Bruyne, whose contract with Manchester City has expired. Since then, rumors of recruiting strikers such as Jonathan David, Mason Greenwood and Alejandro Garnacho have continued.
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Núñez made his professional debut at Peña Roll in 2017 and moved to Almeria (Spain) in 2019 to make the European stage. Nuñez, who moved to Benfica (Portugal) in 2020, scored 34 goals and 4 assists in a total of 41 games in the 2021-2022 season, and agreed to a 100 million-pound (about 185.5 billion won) contract with Liverpool, including options. However, he has not been able to impress in the Premier League and is eventually set to break up.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
