Reds’ record fee is smashed with £64m Nunez

LIVERPOOL’S new signing Darwin Nunez has already imagined himself winning trophies after joining from Benfica for a potential club-record fee.

The 22-year-old striker has signed a six-year contract after the Reds paid an initial fee of £64 million, with the deal subject to international clearance and a work permit.

His fee could rise as high as £85m, which would eclipse by £10m the sum Liverpool paid Southampton for centre-back Virgil Van Dijk in January 2018.

But for that to happen the Uruguay international will have to meet every condition – ranging from goal-scoring targets to winning the Champions League.

Liverpool expect the eventual cost to be at least £75m, providing Nunez plays regularly.

“I’m really happy and delighted to be here at Liverpool. It’s a massive club,” Nunez told LFCTV. “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.”

Nunez was manager Jurgen Klopp’s number one summer target after being impressed by what he saw in the club’s analysis of Benfica ahead of their two-leg Champions League quarter-final in April.

Nunez scored home and away in that tie and will offer Liverpool a more clinical option.