Portugal and alumni of its Primeira Liga are set to be well represented at the top level of English football once again next season. As things stand, Liverpool’s purchase of Darwin Nunez from Benfica is the costliest transfer (on fee, if not whole financial package) made by a Premier League club this summer.
The Uruguayan will join Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz, two former Porto players, in the Reds’ attack for 2022/23. Arsenal’s biggest signing of this window so far ( Fabio Vieira ) came from the same club, while multiple Portuguese internationals should play key roles for both Manchester teams too.
There is no indication that Liverpool are going to make any further signings from the west of the Iberian Peninsula this summer, but players from Portugal are certainly in fashion at present. In the case of one midfielder, it’s easy to see why rumours connecting him with a move to Anfield persist, and why he could be a replacement for one of the Reds’ existing stars in the future.
