Liverpool spent big on a young Benfica star last summer and now, just a few months later, the Reds have been linked with doing the same thing once again.
As reported by O Jogo (via BBC Sport): “Liverpool are not ruling out a move for Benfica’s Argentinian midfielder Enzo Fernandez, 21, who has a release clause of €120m (£106.5m). million) in his contract.
The Portuguese source proved to be quite reliable in breaking news of the Darwin Núñez deal which was completed in the summer, so there may be some degree of reliability to this reported interest.
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The 21-year-old only signed for Benfica this season, so it does seem very premature to link him with a departure from the Portuguese club.
With one goal and no assists in his first seven league games, we will have to wait and see what the Argentine midfielder can do in his first campaign in Europe.
We’re set to engage with so many different midfielders in the coming months and it’s hard to know which headlines are to be believed and which are not.
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With a reported release clause of £106.5m as well, we’d have to be very confident that the former River Plate man was the ideal player for our midfield.
As we are so heavily linked with Jude Bellingham, it seems highly unlikely that FSG will be able to fund a move for both players, so we’ll just have to wait and see what happens with this one.
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