Gordon's £70m Barcelona move opens door for Nunez reunion Klopp never managed at Liverpool

Anthony Gordon has completed a £70 million move to Barcelona, and the transfer is already reshaping the club’s summer plans — including a potential reunion with former Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez that Jurgen Klopp once tried to engineer at Anfield.

Klopp spent much of his final year in charge attempting to bring Gordon to Liverpool, only for Newcastle to rebuff every approach. Now, with Gordon heading to Catalonia, Barcelona are reportedly weighing up a move for Nunez, who joined Al-Hilal last summer in a £46 million deal. Should that transfer materialise, Barcelona would inherit the attacking combination Klopp envisioned but never assembled — Gordon’s pace and directness alongside Nunez’s physical presence and relentless running.

Nunez’s time in Saudi Arabia has been complicated. The arrival of Karim Benzema pushed the Uruguayan down the pecking order at Al-Hilal, and he was left out of the squad entirely for the second half of the season. He has not made a club appearance since February, though he still contributed nine goals in 24 appearances before his exclusion — a modest improvement on the seven he managed in 47 games during his final campaign at Liverpool.

The 26-year-old never fully justified the £85 million Liverpool paid for him, scoring 40 goals in total for the club, but Barcelona appear willing to take a chance on him rediscovering his best form. The context matters: Robert Lewandowski is expected to leave this summer, leaving the club without a proven focal point in attack. Having committed a substantial portion of their transfer budget to Gordon, Barcelona are now searching for more affordable solutions up front, and Nunez fits that profile.

Relying on Nunez to replace Lewandowski’s output would nonetheless represent a considerable gamble. Barcelona are also in discussions over making Marcus Rashford’s loan from Manchester United permanent. The England forward spent the 2024-25 season at Camp Nou and is keen to stay, though Barcelona have so far been reluctant to trigger his £26 million release clause. Gordon’s arrival may complicate Rashford’s prospects, but negotiations remain active and a further loan has not been ruled out.

How Barcelona balance those competing priorities — and whether Nunez ultimately arrives to complete the attacking trident Klopp once dreamed of — will define much of the club’s transfer window.