{"id":43569,"date":"2026-02-21T16:59:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T21:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/tottenham-and-newcastle-in-talks-to-rescue-star-player-on-400000-a-week-from-saudi-nightmare\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T16:59:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T21:59:49","slug":"tottenham-and-newcastle-in-talks-to-rescue-star-player-on-400000-a-week-from-saudi-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/tottenham-and-newcastle-in-talks-to-rescue-star-player-on-400000-a-week-from-saudi-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham and Newcastle in talks to rescue star player on \u00a3400,000-a-week from Saudi nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/tottenham-and-newcastle-in-talks-to-rescue-star-player-on-400000-a-week-from-saudi-nightmare\/#Will_Darwin_Nunes_return\" >Will Darwin Nunes return?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/tottenham-and-newcastle-in-talks-to-rescue-star-player-on-400000-a-week-from-saudi-nightmare\/#Nunez_could_be_a_useful_addition\" >Nunez could be a useful addition<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Detailed view of the corner flag with the Tottenham Hotspur emblem (Photo by Michael Regan\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Former Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez has been linked with a return to the Premier League.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to TEAMtalk, Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United are reportedly interested in the 26-year-old striker and are in talks with intermediaries over a potential transfer. The player currently earns \u00a3400,000 a week at Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal, but it remains to be seen whether the Premier League club would be willing to pay him such a sum.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona are also keeping an eye on Nu\u00f1ez.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download the official CaughtOffSide app to get all the latest news and updates straight to your phone. above <span role=\"presentation\"><u>apple<\/u><\/span>  &#038; <span role=\"presentation\"><u>Google play<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Will_Darwin_Nunes_return\"><\/span>Will Darwin Nunes return?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Uruguay international may have to accept a significant pay cut to return to the Premier League. He has struggled to get regular minutes at Al Hilal recently since the arrival of Karim Benzema. The player has been sidelined and is no longer an important member of the first team. Leaving the Saudi Arabian club would be ideal for him.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether he is ready to return to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nunez_could_be_a_useful_addition\"><\/span>Nunez could be a useful addition<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darwin Nunez celebrates his goal for Al Hilal (Photo by Yasser Bakhsh\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although not a prolific goalscorer, he impressed during his time at Liverpool with his work rate, physicality, technical attributes and link-up play. He could be a very useful signing for Tottenham and Newcastle. Both teams could add more depth to their attack, and Nunez is versatile enough to function in the middle as well as on the wing.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s at the peak of his career and knows the league well. He was able to fit in quickly and make an immediate impact. The chance to play regularly in the Premier League again will be exciting for him.<\/p>\n<p>The striker has scored nine goals in 24 appearances for Saudi Arabia, and there is no doubt that he has the potential to become a quality player in the right team. Where he ends up remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detailed view of the corner flag with the Tottenham Hotspur emblem (Photo by Michael Regan\/Getty Images) Former Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez has been linked with a return to the Premier League. According to TEAMtalk, Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United are reportedly interested in the 26-year-old striker and are in talks with intermediaries over a potential [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-43569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}