Darwin Nunez: Liverpool agree £85m transfer for Uruguay striker with Benfica

Benfica, who announced the deal in the early hours of Monday morning, say Liverpool will pay an initial €75m (£64m); the transfer is subject to the 22-year-old Uruguay international agreeing personal terms; Nunez scored 34 times for Benfica last season in all competitions

Liverpool have reached an agreement for the transfer of Benfica striker Darwin Nunez in a deal worth up to €100m​​​​​​​ (£85m).

The Portuguese club, who announced the deal in the early hours of Monday morning, say Liverpool will pay an initial €75m (£64m), with add-ons amounting to €25m.

Benfica's statement read: "In the early morning hours of this Monday (0:44 am), Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Futebol, SAD informed the Securities Market Commission (CMVM) that it had reached an agreement with Liverpool FC for the sale of all rights to the player Darwin Nuñez, for the amount of 75 million euros.

"To the CMVM, Benfica's SAD also informed that 'the agreement provides for the payment of a variable remuneration, so the global amount of the sale could reach the amount of 100 million euros'.

"'It is further informed that the aforementioned agreement is dependent on the signing of the player's sports employment contract with Liverpool FC', it is further explained in the official document."

Once this deal goes through, it will break Liverpool's previous transfer record, which was the £75m purchase of Virgil van Dijk from Southampton in January 2018.