{"id":316444,"date":"2025-08-04T06:18:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T06:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/316444\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T06:18:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T06:18:19","slug":"liverpools-darwin-nunez-sale-may-spark-transfer-domino-that-impacts-man-utd-and-newcastle-football-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/316444\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez sale may spark transfer domino that impacts Man Utd and Newcastle | Football | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newcastle<\/a> quickly rejected the Reds’ offer<\/a> worth \u00a3110million, holding firm on their \u00a3150m valuation of the Swede.<\/p>\n

While some reports claim Liverpool<\/a> won’t return to the table this summer unless that stance softens, Isak’s strong desire to depart could make the situation untenable.<\/p>\n

The Anfield giants will look to recoup a big chunk of the \u00a385m they splashed to sign Nunez from Benfica in 2022 when Al Hilal come calling.<\/p>\n

His exit could act as the budget boost they need to gather the funds to fire an improved bid towards St. James’ Park.<\/p>\n

Should Liverpool<\/a> eventually find success in their pursuit, it would give Newcastle<\/a> the warchest they need to blow United out of the water in their battle for Benjamin Sesko.<\/p>\n

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The Magpies are already in a stronger financial position than their rivals, and the sale of Isak would offer plenty more room to satisfy RB Leipzig and Sesko.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old striker is taking his time to weigh up his desired destination, and Newcastle<\/a> is an enticing option.<\/p>\n

On Tyneside, there is Champions League football on offer, plus the opportunity to work with a manager in Eddie Howe who boasts a proven track record in developing young players.<\/p>\n

If Nunez’s Liverpool<\/a> exit supplies the funds needed to lure Isak to Merseyside, Sesko would also be handed the keys to become the new poster boy of Newcastle<\/a>‘s attack.<\/p>\n

United will be confident that they can win the battle, regardless of Isak’s future and the number of incentives that Newcastle<\/a> can offer.<\/p>\n

They have already beaten the Magpies in the race for both of their summer signings, Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo.<\/p>\n

Both players were won over by whatever project United tabled during talks. Sesko could be no different.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen whether Nunez’s exit would prompt Liverpool<\/a> to move for an alternative to Isak, should he be unattainable.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, whichever club Sesko picks as his preference would be wise to swoop quickly in case Slot’s eyes wander towards the talented Slovenian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle quickly rejected the Reds’ offer worth \u00a3110million, holding firm on their \u00a3150m valuation of the Swede. While…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,8904,393,12031,4884,179,763,423,11492,101,17706,8558,11947,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-316444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-darwin-nunez","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-football-section","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-liverpool-fc","15":"tag-manchester-united-fc","16":"tag-newcastle-united-fc","17":"tag-premier-league","18":"tag-saudi-pro-league","19":"tag-sport-section","20":"tag-transfer-news-section","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114969044855713058","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}