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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Josh Williams & Stephen Killen

Liverpool might have found their own Heung Min-Son alternative

Liverpool are close to completing the club-record signing of Benfica forward Darwin Nunez for £85m.

The striker will become the most expensive arrival since Virgil van Dijk swapped the south coast for Merseyside in 2017. Nunez proved a threat in both legs of their Champions League knockout clash with the Reds, scoring at the Estadio da Luz and Anfield.

Nunez's arrival will be the latest addition in revitalising Liverpool's fruitful attack that Jurgen Klopp moulded together at Anfield. A conundrum remains, however, with Sadio Mane's departure looming, Mohamed Salah's contract uncertainty yet to be resolved and Roberto Firmino's first-team inclusion dwindling.

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