“I told Barcelona about him”: Luis Suarez reveals Barcelona could have signed Darwin Nunez for just £15 million
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Darwin Nunez recently signed for Liverpool for a fee of €80 million-plus €20 million add-ons. However, there was a time Barcelona could have signed the Uruguayan striker for just €15 million.
Darwin Nunez scored 34 goals in 41 appearances for Benfica last season. This included 6 goals in the Champions League with strikes against Liverpool as well. Promoting Liverpool to beat all competition and make him their most expensive signing ever.
“He’s got something interesting” – Luis Suarez to Barcelona back in 2020
Speaking about this national teammate, Luis Suarez revealed what he told the Barcelona board about Darwin Nunez back in 2020. He said, “When [Nunez] was at Almeria, I told Barcelona about him,” Suarez told Spanish journalist Gerard Romero in 2021.”
“They asked me and I said, ‘Keep an eye on this one, he’s got something interesting about him… But they replied ‘No, he’s in Almeria, he’s too young. But instead of now having to pay £80m, £90m or £100m, they would have paid £15m or £20m for him back then.”
At the end of that season, Barcelona also sold Luis Suarez and went on to make some more decisions that went against their way. The club now find itself in deep financial troubles and cannot afford to sign players for big money anymore. In fact. Barcelona is forced to sell some of the quality players to balance their books and get rid of their debts.
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