Liverpool star Darwin Nunez gives green light to summer exit

Liverpool star Darwin Nunez has given Napoli the go-ahead to open talks with Liverpool over a transfer with the Uruguay star open to the idea of joining the newly minted Italian champions.

Arne Slot is looking at strengthening his side and has brought in Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen alongside his team-mate, Florian Wirtz, who made the same move for a British record transfer fee of £116million.

The Reds are set to welcome new arrivals in the next few days with Milos Kerkez set to join from Bournemouth and Crystal Palace’s Marc Guehi also on the radar.

A new striker has also been linked with club with Nunez, 25, available for transfer following his underwhelming 2024-25 campaign.

Napoli are among those courting the former Benfica man and, per reports in Europe, Nunez has now given the Serie A outfit an ‘initial green light’ after having the club’s ‘project’ pitched to him.

While Nunez is open to the idea of moving to Naples, any transfer would be dependent on Napoli and Liverpool agreeing a fee with the Reds unlikely to sell on the cheap.

An agreement over personal terms would also have to be struck with Nunez, who moved to Anfield in a deal which could have reached £85m if all add-ons and bonuses were met.

Previous reports have outlined that Liverpool would consider offers starting at €50m (£42.7m) with add-ons to nudge the figure up.

Liverpool rejected a £60m bid for the Nunez’s services from Al-Nassr in January and there has been interest more recently from the Middle East, though the player has no appetite to move to the Saudi Pro League at this point in his career.

After starting just eight Premier League games last season, Nunez headed into the summer open to the prospect of a move away from Merseyside despite Liverpool’s Premier League title triumph last month.