Liverpool ‘reject eye-watering £70m bid for celebrity from Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr regardless of him being eager to talk to Saudi aspect’

Liverpool rejected a whopping £70million bid for Darwin Nunez from Al-Nassr regardless of him being eager to talk to the membership, based on reviews.

The Saudi Professional League aspect, who’ve Cristiano Ronaldo on their books on a staggering contract price £168m per 12 months, had been occupied with Nunez earlier than turning their consideration to a £65m transfer for Aston Villa’s Jhon Duran. 

Nevertheless, Liverpool dismissed the supply, telling them he was not on the market at any value.

This, The Sun declare, pissed off the striker due to his want to a minimum of entertain the big-money transfer, leaving Arne Slot dealing with a problem to ‘construct bridges’.

Nunez has struggled for normal begins below Slot this season and it was reported earlier within the window that the Reds additionally knocked again a £70m bid from a Saudi membership.

Liverpool splashed out £85m on the frontman to snap him up from Benfica in 2022 and his future at Anfield is prone to be addressed on the finish of the marketing campaign. 

Darwin Nunez is alleged to be pissed off after the Reds knocked again the supply out of hand

Uruguay worldwide Nunez has scored six objectives and registered 4 assists in his 29 appearances throughout all competitions this 12 months.

He was not noted of the squad for the Champions League defeat by PSV on Wednesday, briefly sparking recent switch hypothesis, however Slot clarified he was in poor health.

Discuss that he might go away earlier than the window slams shut has quietened, particularly after his double secured Liverpool an important 2-0 win at Brentford a fortnight in the past. 

Nunez has returned to coaching and made the journey all the way down to Bournemouth with the remainder of Slot’s squad forward of this afternoon’s Premier League recreation.

‘For me, he has affect,’ stated Slot final month.

‘For those who solely take a look at objectives, he hasn’t scored the quantity of objectives that he needs to attain, or we wish a quantity 9 to attain, however he does have affect in his work-rate. He is a part of a crew that scores loads of objectives and is successful rather a lot.

‘After all, as a quantity 9 you need to rating extra objectives and that is undoubtedly what he needs as nicely. However I am not solely judging Mohamed Salah on his objectives and Darwin on his objectives – I additionally decide them on their work-rate and what they convey to the crew.

‘The followers assist him a lot that perhaps he needs it an excessive amount of.’

Arne Slot now faces a problem to construct bridges with Nunez, who was open to the transfer

Cristiano Ronaldo is on a staggering £168million per 12 months contract with Saudi outfit Al-Nassr

Al-Nassr briefly mounted a shock cost for Brighton ahead Kaoru Mitoma however noticed two bids rejected out of hand, the second price as a lot as £75m. 

Duran will as an alternative play alongside Ronaldo after bringing an finish to his two-year keep at Villa, who he joined from MLS outfit Chicago Fireplace in 2023. 

He scored 12 objectives from 29 video games this season, primarily as an affect substitute.

Al-Nassr are presently third within the Professional League, behind Al-Ittihad and Al-Hilal.