It was at the Parque Saroldi, the home of the Uruguayan River Plate, when he made his debut in the Primera de Peñarol back in November 2017, less than five years ago. Leo Ramos, DT of Carbonero, included him at 62′ for Maxi Rodríguez to make an attacking pair with another Argentine, Lucas Viatri, to try to beat Nicola Pérez, Darsenero’s goalkeeper. A while later he was reprimanded. And another time later, he left the court crying. The emotion? No, the kneecap. Darwin Nunez he lost twice: 2-1 on the court and almost a year in recovery…
I couldn’t even step. He rushed to get his chance and paid for it. He came from a cruciate ligament operation and his knee played tricks on him that kept him off the court for a very long time. The matter became so dense that he thought of letting go of everything. But resilience is everything.
As a jug, he lived in El Pirata, a heavy zone in Artigas, near the floodable Cuareim River and the border with Brazil. His father was a bricklayer and his mother, a bottle collector. She until she came to look for the Aurinegro. He went to Montevideo, he couldn’t stand it, he turned around, they brought him back, they took him to the boarding house, he grabbed the thing, life and the little ball.
Darwin Núñez and Uruguayan postcards.
He was even part of the Celeste Sub 20 team that played the 2019 South American in Chile and faced Argentina led by Bocha Fernando Batista. But she did not stand out. To the point that they began to give it hard and even on social networks and she abandoned the cell phone for some time. Until she raised her aim and opportunism: in his debut with the Major, the Master Tabarez He put him in Lima against Peru in a friendly and converted the night of his baptismsomething that few achieved, such as Diego Forlán or Edinson Cavani.
His international approach at club level came with Penarol. Although it did not convert, he played two games in the 2018 Sudamericana and five in the 2019 Libertadores. At the local level, he left Uruguay with four goals (the first, against Fénix, on October 13, 2018, less than four years ago) in just 22 games. Something saw him Almeria Spanish, who did not hesitate to invest in that skinny guy with a European style who, as he never tires of saying, he slept many times with an “empty belly”. In the second he did very well. But in Benficamuch better: his bow and appetite were opened.
That’s why, Less than five years after his debut in Primera and with a couple of complicated operations, he came back to life. Or does anyone believe that English Liverpool can put up 100 million dollars for sport?
Darwin Núñez and Uruguayan postcards.
Deal done: Núñez, like Luis Suárez once, is Red
Liverpool reached an agreement with Benfica to buy Núñez for 75 million euros ($79 million, 64 million pounds), announced the Lisbon club in communication to the Portuguese Securities Commission. The transfer could eventually reach 100 million euros, according to certain sports results, which would represent the most expensive transfer in the history of the Reds. The Uruguayan must pass medical tests on Monday before his signing for the runner-up in Europe and England becomes official.
Darwin Núñez, who will turn 23 on June 26, arrived in Lisbon in 2020 from Almería. The Eagles paid 24 million euros, in what was the most expensive recruitment in the club’s history. With the Benfica red shirt, Núñez achieved 47 goals and 16 assists in 84 games in two years. In the last championship he scored 26 goals in 28 games.
Darwin Núñez and Uruguayan postcards.
Núñez is ready to sign a six-year contract with LiverpoolPremier League and Champions League runner-up, who has been in talks with Benfica for several weeks. The Uruguayan footballer scored in the two quarter-final matches of the European Champions League in which Benfica was eliminated. On that occasion, the technical director of Liverpool, the German Jurgen Klopp, praised his performance.
Núñez is likely to arrive at Anfield as a direct replacement for Senegalese Sadio Mané, coveted by Bayern Munich.
