He almost recovered from the injury resulting from his first derby match against FC Porto, in the Portuguese Cup – he was trampled by FC Porto’s central defender Fabio Cardoso and left the field with his right foot stained with blood, and had to be stitched … The return indicated, for this reason, in his meeting with Paços de Ferreira, next Sunday, at home, Darwin continues to cause talk of England.

Benfica’s SAD don’t want to sell Darwin Núñez now, in this January market window, and not too long ago turned down a €50m offer from Newcastle for the 22-year-old Uruguayan spearhead, but in His Majesty’s land they continue to claim the striker is still On the list of potential purchases for the English club, he now has a lot of money to invest after being bought by Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The same sources expect that magpie bird They plan to return to action this month and that they can offer €60m to secure the red-scorer – with a €150m cancellation clause – for next summer. Benfica thought at least 50 million, but at this point he didn’t think that later, Darwin would be able to appreciate it more.

It is reported that the player spent the past few days in Spain to follow the last stage of his wife’s pregnancy. He also took advantage of the trip to visit friends, namely in Almeria, the club he attended in the 2019/2020 season (coming from Peñarol) and later appointed by Benfica.

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