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Jurgen Klopp admits he 'fell in love' with Darwin Nunez during Liverpool's Champions League clash with Benfica last season... and reveals £6.5m signing Calvin Ramsay is ALREADY injured and yet to train with new team-mates

Jurgen Klopp said he 'fell in love' with Darwin Nunez when he watched the Uruguayan forward play against Liverpool in their Champions League quarter-final against Benfica last season.

Nunez sealed a move to Anfield in June after Liverpool paid an initial fee of £64million up front. However, his fee could rise as high as £85m, which would eclipse by £10m the sum they paid Southampton for centre-back Virgil van Dijk.

Klopp has since revealed it was Nunez's performance against Liverpool in the Champions League - where he scored scored home and away - that convinced him to part ways with such a large sum of money.