football players in history if he joins Liverpool this summer in a deal a world away from his humble upbringing. Fresh from scoring 34 goals for Benfica last season in all competitions, Nunez, 22, has the world at his feet.
Liverpool are reportedly considering making an offer for the Uruguayan forward, while their rivals Manchester United are also said to be admirers of him, despite not being able to offer Champions League football next season.Whichever club wins the race for one of European football's hottest talents, it'll cost.
Nunez is valued by Benfica at an eye-watering €100million (£85.5million). Those sorts of numbers are a far cry from the star's youth in the deprived neighbourhood of Los Piratas in Artigas, a Uruguayan village on the borders of Brazil, where his mum earned money collecting bottles from the street and selling them for money.Nunez revealed the sacrifices his parents had made for the sake of his football career following his move to Europe with Almeria in 2019.
He even talked of begging the president of his former side Penarol for the move."With this move I will be able to buy my parents' house in Artigas," he said. "My parents sacrificed themselves for me, my mother collected bottles in the street and my father worked all day in construction."It's fair to say the 6ft 2in Uruguayan has not looked back since his debut for the Spanish minnows.
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