How much is Darwin Nunez worth?
Cameron Smith
- Updated: 27 Aug 2023 18:51 BST
- 3 min read
With Liverpool one goal and one man down against Newcastle United, their chances of getting anything from a tricky away trip at St James' Park looked dead and buried.
That was until Jurgen Klopp introduced Darwin Nunez onto the pitch in the 77th minute. Four minutes later, Liverpool were level before the Uruguay international bagged the winner in stoppage time to seal all three points for the Reds.
His two finishes were almost exactly identical. The first came via a fortunate ricochet off Newcastle defender Sven Botman, which gave Nunez a brilliant opportunity to net his first goal of the season, while the second was a very similar finish after a Mohamed Salah through-ball.
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The two goals mean Nunez is now Liverpool's joint-top goal-scorer in this year's Premier League - along with Luis Diaz - despite the fact he has not yet started a league game this campaign.
His two goals against Newcastle came from just two shots, while Nunez only had nine touches of the ball during his 13 minutes on the field.
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What is Darwin Nunez's transfer value?
Darwin Nunez has an Estimated Transfer Value (ETV) of €33.5 million, using FootballTransfers' AI-driven player valuation algorithm.
Estimated Transfer Value (ETV) explained
Our Player Valuation Model calculates an Estimated Transfer Value (ETV) for more than 240.000 players in the world.
Read more here.Our Player Valuation Model calculates an Estimated Transfer Value (ETV) for more than 240.000 players in the world. It uses information on the player's skill, potential, performance, contract duration, position and other statistics to estimate an accurate ETV.
Read more here.That figure is far cheaper than the €80m Liverpool spent to sign the forward from Benfica in 2022 and is a significant dip from his ETV high of €46.7m, which came in March 2023.
At the time of Nunez's big-money move to Anfield, he was valued at just €25.9m after a productive second season at Benfica, in which he scored 29 goals in 36 appearances.
Nunez, 24, is only the 11th most valuable Liverpool player as per FootballTransfers' ETV. Mohamed Salah (€68.2m) is the Reds player with the highest value, closely followed by Alisson (€66m) and new signing Dominik Szoboszlai (€65.2m).
