{"id":615545,"date":"2022-08-02T12:35:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T16:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=615545"},"modified":"2022-08-02T12:35:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T16:35:03","slug":"liverpool-transfer-business-hailed-fabrizio-romano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/02\/liverpool-transfer-business-hailed-fabrizio-romano\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabrizio Romano Reveals How Premier League Title Contenders Have Had \u2018The Perfect Transfer Window&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/01\/liverpool-forward-mohamed-salah-contract-extension\/\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool<\/a> have had the perfect summer transfer window, claims <a href=\"https:\/\/caughtoffside.substack.com\/p\/the-frenkie-de-jong-saga-chelseas\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>. The Reds have bolstered their squad with the acquisition of Darwin Nunez from Benfica as one of the biggest signings of the summer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ufqQOEvqTB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ufqQOEvqTB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Darwin N\u00fa\u00f1ez (@Darwinn99) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Darwinn99\/status\/1553495910331588609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Liverpool Boost Premier League Title Chances With Perfect Summer Business<\/h2>\n<h3>Nunez and Salah Deals Crucial to Solidifying Jurgen Klopp\u2019s Attacking Core<\/h3>\n<p>The Merseyside club made a statement of intent by signing the Uruguayan striker for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11669\/12630828\/darwin-nunez-joins-liverpool-in-club-record-85m-transfer-deal-from-benfica\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">club-record \u00a385 million fee<\/a> (including add-ons). They even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/soccer\/liverpool\/transfers\/manchester-united-send-bitter-message-to-rivals-liverpool-after-darwin-nunez-rejection\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">managed to beat arch-rivals Manchester United<\/a>, who looked to be interested in the deal but were quickly overtaken once Jurgen Klopp started pushing for the move. Nunez scored in his official debut in the 3-1 win over <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/30\/marc-cucurella-hands-in-transfer-request\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester City<\/a> in the Community Shield final and has a high potential ceiling for the future.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool brought in Nunez as a replacement for Sadio Mane, who was granted his wish to join Bayern Munich after feeling like his time at Anfield was done. The Reds were also at risk of also potentially losing Mohamed Salah for pennies next year, with his contract set to expire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/17\/darwin-nunez-transfer-benfica-fans-comment\/\" target=\"_self\">Benfica Fans React to Darwin Nunez Departure<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, almost out of nowhere, they announced that the Egyptian forward had signed a three-year contract to extend his stay until at least 2025. Salah was handed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/soccer\/news\/mohamed-salah-signs-new-liverpool-contract-reportedly-worth-54-6-million-over-three-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a major \u00a3350,000-a-week salary<\/a> to become the club&#8217;s highest-paid player &#8211; a deserved reward for scoring 157 goals in his five years with them.<\/p>\n<h3>Liverpool\u2019s Remaining Transfer Business<\/h3>\n<p>Of course, Nunez is not the only signing made by the Reds this summer. They have also signed promising young midfielder Fabio Carvalho from Fulham for just over \u00a35 million as well as Scottish right-back Calvin Ramsay from Aberdeen for over \u00a34 million. These are acquisitions made for the future as Klopp aims to continue building a legacy for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool have also sold some players that were not needed by the club anymore. Young right-back Neco Williams was sold to Nottingham Forest for \u00a318 million, while Takumi Minamino, who failed to properly adapt to the Premier League, was sold to Monaco for over \u00a313.5 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/18\/every-premier-league-transfer-completed-in-summer-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Every Premier League Transfer Completed in Summer 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Merseyside giants also sold midfielder Marko Grujic for \u00a38 million and defender Ben Davies for over \u00a34 million. All these smart sales have helped them keep a clean net spend and not risk financial fair play punishment for the future. They&#8217;re in a strong position to compete for the Premier League and Champions League titles next season after the summer window, which is why Romano has called it perfect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool have had the perfect summer transfer window, claims Fabrizio Romano. The Reds have bolstered their squad with the acquisition of Darwin Nunez from Benfica as one of the biggest signings of the summer. \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffc pic.twitter.com\/ufqQOEvqTB &mdash; Darwin N\u00fa\u00f1ez (@Darwinn99) July 30, 2022 Liverpool Boost Premier League Title Chances With Perfect Summer Business Nunez and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":615581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[7395],"class_list":["post-615545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-liverpool","tag-liverpool-transfer-news"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}