With Benfica tonight having a big Champions League challenge against Liverpool, centre-forward Darwin Nunez is undoubtedly their biggest weapon to score some goals.
So in a story from newspaper Record, it’s pointed out that the clubs who’ve been interested in him are now set to watch his performance and see how he does in such a big stage.
Arsenal, who’ve been recently linked to the 22-year-old, are once again brought to the picture, with the article pointing out the Gunners as one of the potential destinations for the centre-forward.
Record writes that Mikel Arteta’s side are one of the clubs in the chase, and it turns out they may have some kind of advantage against other Premier League clubs who want to sign Darwin Nunez this summer.
With Arsenal just one position from a potential qualification for the Champions League, that’s something which gives the Gunners a bigger chance of landing the striker, as other interested clubs such as Manchester United, Newcastle United and West Ham United are unlikely to offer him that for next season.
Now all this competition pushes Darwin’s price up, and according to Record, Benfica will demand at least €80m to start negotiating his sale. That’s still a lot below his €150m release clause.
