Overview

• Liverpool and Al Hilal have agreed a £46.2 million fee plus add-ons for Núñez, with the transfer pending his agreement to personal terms on a three-year contract.
• The deal represents a loss of more than £20 million after Liverpool paid a guaranteed £65 million for the striker in 2022 and never triggered most performance-linked bonuses.
• Núñez’s tenure delivered early highlights, including a Community Shield winner, but was overshadowed by erratic finishing, a red-card incident and an inability to adapt to Jürgen Klopp’s and Arne Slot’s tactical demands.
• Liverpool declined a £60 million offer from Al-Nassr last year as they prioritized silverware over a high-value sale, only to accept a lower bid this summer.
• The transfer underlines Saudi clubs’ growing financial pull; internal data analysts had previously flagged Núñez’s expected-goals metrics as an outlier in Liverpool’s system.