Liverpool agree deal for Nunez, Haaland confirmed & what next for Pochettino?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 13 June 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Ian Irving is joined by The Athletic's David Ornstein & Adam Crafton to detail Liverpool's move for Darwin Nunez plus other transfer lines involving Manchester United, Tottenham on the day Manchester City announce Erling Haaland signing.
Also what next for Mauricio Pochettino as he agrees to leave his managerial role at PSG.
And our Italian football writer James Horncastle joins the pod to discuss his brilliant piece on the redemption of AC Milan.. With maybe a lesson or two in there for some top English clubs.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | Welcome to the Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | Welcome to the Athletic Football podcast. |
| 0:15.9 | I'm Ian Irving. |
| 0:16.8 | A little later on, our Italian football writer James Horncastle will join us |
| 0:20.4 | to discuss his brilliant piece on the redemption of A.C. Milan, |
| 0:24.4 | with maybe a lesson or two in there for some of our top English clubs. |
| 0:27.8 | But first, the athletics Adam Crafton and David Ornstein are with us |
| 0:31.0 | to discuss the summer transfer window that's just about starting to sizzle. |
| 0:36.4 | Let's begin then with Liverpool and David. |
| 0:39.0 | They've agreed a big fee, it sounds like, with Benfica to sign striker Darwin Nunes. |
| 0:43.5 | What's the detail behind this? |
| 0:45.0 | Yeah, it's a done deal. |
| 0:46.2 | It's not formally announced yet by Liverpool at the time of recording anyway. |
| 0:51.0 | Benfica have released a statement overnight and it's confirming that the fee will be |
| 0:56.4 | guaranteed 75 million euros and then there will be add-ons to take this to a deal worth around |
| 1:04.0 | 100 million euros. That's something we've reported for the last week or so. The key thing here was |
| 1:09.7 | that Liverpool and Benfica needed |
| 1:11.2 | to arrange a structure of payments and exactly how the split would occur. It seems it's going to be |
| 1:16.7 | 75 million euros down payment and then the 25 in add-ons will comprise some individual |
| 1:24.3 | related bonuses to Darwin Nunes' performance at Liverpool, |
| 1:28.8 | and then some team-related bonuses as well, contingent on how well Liverpool do with him |
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