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West Ham believed £45m Darwin Nunez transfer was ‘very close’ before Liverpool swooped
West Ham United were reportedly very close to signing Darwin Nunez for a cut-price fee in January before Liverpool's club-record switch this summer.The free-scoring Uruguayan, 22, was unveiled as the Reds' latest acquisition on Tuesday (June 14) after putting pen to paper on a six-year deal. Liverpool are believed to have paid an initial £64million fee to prise him away from Benfica but that figure could reach £85m - eclipsing the current £75m club-record deal for Virgil van Dijk - dependent on a range of bonuses.Upset by Sadio Mane's impending exit to Bayern Munich, the Merseysiders moved quickly to replace their Senegalese star in the biggest move of the summer window so far.
