Darwin Nunez in talks for crazy Premier League return

Darwin Nunez is reportedly in talks over a crazy return to the Premier League. The striker left Liverpool last summer.

Would you take Darwin Nunez back? You’d have to say ‘no’ as it doesn’t make much, if any, sense to but the Uruguayan is almost certainly up for grabs.

Nunez left Liverpool back in the summer after a difficult final season at Anfield. Difficult on an individual level, anyway - he did win the league.

But Arne Slot rarely played him over the second half of the campaign, with reports suggesting that may have been because of a clause in the deal that brought him from Benfica. It was claimed that Liverpool owed the Portuguese giants €5m if Nunez started 10 matches for the Reds across the Premier League and UEFA Champions League.

He would do that, of course. There was another €5m once he reached 35 starts in the big two competitions. Liverpool paid that, too.

The report then suggested another €5m was owed if Nunez made it to 60 starts. Slot then mysteriously stopped starting the striker over the second half of the season and he’d finish on 59 starts.

And off the Al-Hilal he went in the summer.

Darwin Nunez's big return

That move to Al-Hilal hasn't worked out, however. It was going okay but then the club signed Karim Benzema last month, eliminating Nunez's place in the squad.

He now hasn't been included in their squad for the league campaign, making a transfer inevitable. Teamtalk reports that clubs are looking to take advantage of the situation, including Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United.

They've talked to 'intermediaries' about a deal that would almost certainly see Nunez give up his €400k-a-week wages. But that's now the choice he faces in his career - the money or the football.

Some will inevitably take the money, some will want the football. It remains to be seen what Nunez fancies but it sounds as though he'll get a great opportunity to return to the Premier League if he wants it.

As for Liverpool, we can't imagine they'll go back in for their previous striker. Even if he did play a major role in the title success.

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