Liverpool chiefs are confident a deal has been settled with Benfica for Darwin Nunez.
Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano is reporting Liverpool reached a verbal agreement with Nunez's club Benfica on Saturday morning.
The fee for Nunez including add-ons totals to £85.4m, breaking Liverpool's transfer record.
However, The Times claim that Liverpool are trying to persuade Benfica to accept a fee closer to £60m - but all paid up front rather than in instalments.
Liverpool's current priciest transfer to date was £76m for Virgil van Dijk in 2018, who was playing his trade for Southampton at the time.
The Reds are preparing the paperwork and Nunez has already agreed to a five-year contract.
Nunez scored 34 goals across all competitions last season for Benfica.
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