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Reports from Portugal this week asserted that Liverpol have a €5 million (£4.3m) decision regarding Darwin Nunez’s playing time amid reports the striker is one Premier League start away from triggering a payment clause to former club Benfica.

The Uruguayan, who joined in 2022 for an initial £64m rising to £85m via add-ons, has made 49 league starts—one short of activating a reported €5m milestone in his transfer agreement.

It is believed that Benfica have already received €10m (£8.6m) of the prospective add-ons from Liverpool, with those clauses triggered when he reached specific appearance milestones in the Premier League and Champions League.

Portuguese outlet A Bola claims Liverpool could avoid starting the 25-year-old to not have to make the payment.

Now, in his pre-Tottenham press conference, Arne Slot has responded to reports and says this information is ‘completely new’ to him:

“Do you always believe what journalists say?

It might be true, but if a journalist says it we have to balance it…”

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