When he was already concentrated with the national team in South America, knowing at the same time that his future would be negotiated in Europe, Darwin Núñez spoke on the Ping Pong program on the YouTube channel of AUF TV (Uruguayan Football Federation) about lesser-known characters. themes in his life and career. Some examples: if he could, he would naturalize the Argentine Otamendi, he has 9 as his favorite number, he likes Coca-Cola with breaded chicken with puree, Messi is the player who stayed in the retina the most, he maintains the superstition of put on perfume before any game. Even so, there was already something that seemed to pull towards the next destination.

This morning the sale of Darwin to Liverpool was made official. Striker earns 75 million fixed but can reach 100 million

“My best goal? It was the one I scored at Anfield against Liverpool. It was a pass from Julian [Weigl]Juan [Mário] He ran a little to my side, tried to control it but, of course, I was faster than him and I received the ball. Then I shot with the inside of my foot and it went against the post. i thought i was dating but it came out right in the corner. I saw it outside and when it touches the net… ”, he said in relation to the tie in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. That goal of the 34 he scored this season was not enough to avoid European elimination, but it marked one of the great transfers of this summer, with Jürgen Klopp’s team betting again on the Portuguese market but for the one that could become the larger. signing of the club surpassing the 88 million paid by Virgil van Dijk.

“He was fantastic in those two games. In the second leg, when he scored the goal, Klopp approached him and said ‘What a player’. Liverpool came looking for Luis Díaz from FC Porto, you can see how good he was. He is a mix of Cavani and Luis Suarez. It jumps, it comes from behind, it’s a mixture of both. When last season arrived nobody knew him well, he came expensive and many were surprised. When we saw him in the first training session we realized that he would be one of the best strikers in the world. I like selfish strikers, those who just want to score. Darwin has it. If he doesn’t score, he will be dissatisfied but he will work hard for the team. He is fit. he is a machine. In the Premier League, he will score for sure”, highlighted Adel Taarabt, a Moroccan international for Benfica, in conversation with TalkSPORT.

Proud of @VirgilvDijkpraise, learning from the boss and much more in @darwinn99First interview of ! ????

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) June 14, 2022

Following the announcement by Benfica in the early hours of Sunday to Monday of an agreement for the sale of the player to Liverpool for a fixed 75 million euros plus 25 million variables (which are not specified in the statement to the CMVM but which were divided into three blocks: five million after ten games, another ten million when completing a streak of 50 games and another ten million linked to individual and collective sporting goals in the next three seasons), only the English and European runners-up were required to make it official, something that happened this Tuesday after the completion of the medical examinations. That is to say, and after the six million that it cost Almería and the 24 million that Benfica paid, he now arrives at Anfield.

We have some news that we think you might like… ????????#DarwinDay pic.twitter.com/C70mBnzu4c

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) June 14, 2022

“I went to bed on an empty stomach but my mother went to bed more often without eating”

El Pichón, the nickname he likes to be known by (El Flaco is his least favorite name), didn’t exactly have an easy road to stardom. In fact, the beginning of life pointed to anything but that and even the first years in football they weren’t exactly the easiest for someone so young.

Welcome to Liverpool! @darwinn99 How can I help you? ???? pic.twitter.com/YvuzVJBfvg

—Trent Alexander-Arnold (@TrentAA) June 14, 2022

“I grew up in a poor neighborhood and learned to share things with friends. that’s how it was at school when there was nothing to eat he spent all day at school and when he left he went to train,” he said in an interview about the years he grew up in El Pirata, near the border with Brazil, with his father in construction and his mother collecting bottles from the street. . sell. “It is true that she put me to bed with an empty stomach but my mother went to bed more often without eating so that we could eat. I won’t forget it”, she said when she went to Spain to represent Almería and bought a house for his parents in Artigas.

The first trip to Montevideo, where he stayed at the Peñarol training center, was not final and he returned shortly after. At the age of 14, without the company of his brother, Junior, who left football for family reasons and so that the minor could fight for an opportunity, he really stayed. However, at just 17 years old, he ended up suffering another setback. that put his career at risk: he had a torn cruciate ligament in his knee, underwent surgery and was sidelined for more than a year. He thought several times about giving up but the total physical recovery and the proposal to go to Europe diverted him from the idea, and just a year later he became Benfica’s most expensive signing (24 million euros). Two years later, he arrives in a Premier League that has always been especially attentive to his performances between Brighton, Newcastle, West Ham, Manchester United and Liverpool as the top scorer in the last Championship (26 goals in 28 games) and a total of 34 goals in 41 official matches.

A sensational return of the 2021/22 season ????‍????#DarwinDay pic.twitter.com/q8hr4PCODy

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) June 14, 2022

“I have seen the team in many Champions League matches and it is my style of play”

“I am very happy and delighted to be here in Liverpool. It’s a huge club, “he began by saying in his first statements to the Liverpool channel. “It is a pleasure to be here and I am very happy to be part of this great club. I played against Liverpool, I have seen the team in many Champions League matches and it is my style of play. There are some great players here and I think it’s something that will suit my style of play. It is a very big club. I hope I can give everything I have to help the team. I would like to thank my partner, my parents and my son, who is a source of pride for me. They were very important to me in the stages of my career. I am very proud of them. I want to win a lot of trophies at Liverpool”, added the Uruguayan striker in the first statements for the reds.

An interview that you cannot miss, since @darwinn99 sits down for his first talk as red! ????

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) June 14, 2022

“Darwin is a wonderful player. He is already very good, but he has a lot of potential to improve even more. That’s why he’s so exciting to be honest. His age, his will, his hunger to be even better than he is today, as well as his belief in our project and in what we want to do as a club. He is as excited for us as we are for him, what makes a great relationship, what happens when you appreciate each other’s strengths. That is certainly the situation here. He thinks we look good on him and we think he looks good on us. Let’s do that. He has all the characteristics we were looking for. He can set the pace, he brings energy, he can be dangerous in the area and in the areas. He is aggressive and dynamic in his movements, ”said coach Jürgen Klopp.

Jürgen Klopp is delighted with the opportunity to nurture @darwinn99The talent of , which he already considers ideal for the Reds ????#DarwinDay

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) June 14, 2022