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The Uruguayan striker appeared late Thursday afternoon.
Darwin Núñez will appear this Thursday as a Benfica player. The ceremony will take place in Seixal, starting at 7:00 p.m.
The 21-year-old forward will be reinforcement for the next five seasons, having arrived yesterday in Lisbon, in a private jet, late in the afternoon, in the company of Rui Costa and Edgardo Lasalvia, his coach. Benfica will pay 24 million euros to Almería, which also ensures 20 percent of the added value of a future sale.
“I’m very good, very happy to be here. Tomorrow [hoje] we spoke at the presentation, ”said the forward on arrival in Lisbon.
The transfer was closed on Wednesday morning, during which Rui Costa met with elements of the Spanish club, but also with the athlete, who had already left the stage carried out by Almería in Marbella, and his representatives, with which he erased the last minute tips that emerged in the matter of brokerage and salary commissions. The last obstacles were removed at dawn yesterday and, in the next few hours, Núñez will undergo medical examinations and physical tests and will be presented as another reinforcement for Jorge Jesús’ team.
The first confirmation of the final success of what will be the most expensive reinforcement of Portuguese football, exceeding the 21.8 million euros paid by Benfica for Raúl Jiménez, was given by Darwin Núñez, in statements to the newspaper “La Voz de Almería”. “I signed for five seasons with Benfica. It is a great leap in my career. Now I’m going to Benfica and I’m going to take advantage of this opportunity that was given to me. It was a dream,” the player told the newspaper. “I am very grateful to Almería, Turk [Al-Sheikh], Mohamed [El Assy], Juan [Gonçalves], which brought me from Uruguay ”, said the forward. The 21-year-old also took the opportunity to say goodbye to Almería, a club he came to from Peñarol just a year ago. “Almería is in my heart. I wanted to say goodbye to the people at the club, because they treated me very well from the first day I arrived. Thank you very much for everything, ”said the 21-year-old.
With this acquisition, Benfica “explodes” with the scale of the largest purchases in Portuguese football, where, now, the top ten will be made up of Darwin Núñez (€ 24 M), Raúl Jiménez (€ 21.8 M), Everton, Weigl, Raúl de Tomás, Óliver Torres and Imbula, these two from FC Porto (all for € 20 million), Pedrinho (€ 18 million), Vinícius (€ 17.6 million) and Rafa (€ 16.8 million).
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