Liverpool have confirmed that Darwin Nunez is set to wear shirt number 27 after his potential club record deal was sealed on Tuesday.
The Reds have secured the signing of the Benfica striker for a fee believed to be in the region of £64m, whilst a number of add-ons could take the total value of the deal to an eye-watering £85m - surpassing the huge fee that the Merseyside outfit paid for the signing of Virgil van Dijk from Premier League rivals Southampton back in January 2018.
Nunez, a Uruguayan international has penned a long-term contract at Anfield believed to be six years long and he becomes Jurgen Klopp’s first acquisition of the summer window.
Of course, supporters will now be keen to get the name and number of their new striker on the back of their new kits, with Liverpool having also confirmed the squad number that he has selected.
Nunez will don the number 27 at Merseyside. He claims the number from fellow striker Divock Origi, a cult hero on Merseyside, who has left the shirt vacant having departed Anfield on a free transfer. He is expected to sign for AC Milan.
Before that, the shirt remained unoccupied, with Swiss defender Philipp Degen being the last player to don the number for a couple of seasons between 2008 and 2010. Nunez will no doubt be aiming to be successful in the shirt as he brings his goalscoring reputation with him.
It is slightly different to his spell with Benfica though having previously donned the number nine for the Portuguese giants but of course that shirt is already occupied by Nunez’s new attacking colleague Roberto Firmino.
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After the 22-year-old was confirmed as a Liverpool player, he set out his ambitions on claiming silverware as a Red. As quoted by the club’s official website, he said: “When I arrived at the training ground, I was really surprised to see the set-up and the structure and all the trophies here.
“You can then imagine yourself winning more trophies and then later on when you come here again and see the trophies on display, you can say, ‘Look, I was a part of that, I was there at that time, winning trophies.’
“That’s one of the reasons why I came here to Liverpool – to win trophies and titles. I want to win a lot of trophies at Liverpool.”
With Nunez having been signed, there is now expected to be a major departure from Anfield as Sadio Mane continues to be linked with a switch to German giants Bayern Munich.
