The Red Devils don't see a likely expensive chase to be wise at this juncture

Manchester United are ready to surrender in their transfer pursuit of Benfica striker Darwin Nunez as they are increasingly wary of a bidding war with Liverpool, GOAL understands.

The Anfield club are in pole position to sign Nunez, and while Manchester United would love to have the 22-year-old at Old Trafford, they understand that the chase may be fruitless.

With an array of areas they wish to address this summer, this is a battle the Red Devils seem ready to bypass.

Liverpool are confident in landing the rising Uruguayan star as an attacking replacement for Sadio Mane, who appears on the brink of a transfer to Bayern Munich.

They've made Nunez their top priority and are prepared to pay a club-record fee of more than £75 million ($94m) to land him.

After sneaking ahead of Tottenham in January to snap up Luis Diaz, Liverpool are eager to beat any rival that stands in their way for Nunez.

The Benfica player scored 26 league goals and six European goals this term, enough to put him on Manchester United's radar.

Despite appearing set to turn their attention away from Nunez, striker is still a position the Red Devils would like to address in some capacity in the coming months, GOAL has been told.