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Darwin Núñez and Lucas Veríssimo celebrate one of the goals of the Benfica in front of the Barça

They WANT TO 'FISH' IN THE BENFICA

The Athletic follows closely to one of the 'hangmen' of the Barça in Lisbon

Published:1/10/2021 - 18:47h

Updated:1/10/2021 - 18:47h

The Athletic of Madrid would be interested in doing with the signings of Darwin Núñez and Lucas Veríssimo, of the Benfica. Nevertheless, the Portuguese will not leave to go easily to the Uruguayan, by the one who already refused an offer of 32 million euros by part of the Brighton in the past summer

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Although the market of signings finds closed from does already several weeks, the valid champion of LaLiga, the Athletic of Madrid, does not leave to be to the so much of those who could land in the Spanish capital to dress the elastic rojiblanca in the next seasons.

In the plans of the colchoneros appears the name of the artífice of the doublet in front of the Barça in his visit to the Benfica by the second day of the Champions: Darwin Núñez. In accordance with the newspaper Record, the name of the Uruguayan and the one of his mate, Lucas Veríssimo, appear in the diary of the Atleti.

The forward charrúa of 22 years accumulates six goals in his seven presentations; the two more recent served to beat the arch defended by Marc-André Ter Stegen in what it supposed the second defeat to the thread for the Barcelona in the present edition of the Champions, where have not added points up to now.

In the course 2020-21 his statistics closed with 14 goals and 12 assistances. It is not the first time that the Madrilenian team interests in him. Previously, his report was on the table when it was a member of the Almería. Nevertheless, the Benfica will not leave him go easily: the past summer, the team lisboeta refused the 32 million euros offered by the Brighton.

Lucas Veríssimo, also in the orbit of the Athletic

By his part, the name of the Brazilian defender also would have arrived to hearings of the directive in Wanda Metropolitan. Nevertheless, other teams already would have put in contact with the sportive director of the club lisboeta, Rui Coast, to initiate conversations in procure of the signing of the defender.