LFC TRANSFER NEWS LIVE DARWIN NUNEZ TO CHELSEA

Darwin Núñez showing why Liverpool told Chelsea he wasn’t for sale

The London club – who could face Uruguayan in Carabao Cup final on Sunday – enquired about the striker’s availability last summer

Núñez is enjoying his best spell since he arrived at Liverpool but is an injury doubt for the Carabao Cup final

Núñez is enjoying his best spell since he arrived at Liverpool but is an injury doubt for the Carabao Cup final

The story of Chelsea successfully beating Liverpool to the punch to secure two players last summer is well documented, with both Moisés Caicedo and Roméo Lavia ending up at Stamford Bridge rather than Anfield.

Far less heralded, however, is how the London club endured a spot of transfer frustration of their own during that same window at the hands of their rivals.

There was speculation within the football industry that Liverpool were considering offloading Darwin Núñez after only one entertaining, if inefficient, season. The gossip suggested that the club were mulling over a loan-swap deal for João Félix, who was still at Atletico Madrid at the time. The noise made it to Paul Winstanley, Chelsea’s co-sporting director.