Richard Hughes is rubbing his eyes: £30m forward deal is everything he wanted
Liverpool improved their strikeline with around £200m worth of new signings last summer. Hugo Ekitike came on board from Eintracht Frankfurt for £69m while a British record fee went on Alexander Isa...
Richard Hughes is rubbing his eyes: £30m forward deal is everything he wanted Liverpool improved their strikeline with around £200m worth of new signings last summer. Hugo Ekitike came on board from Eintracht Frankfurt for £69m while a British record fee went on Alexander Isak. The Premier League champions paid £125m to Newcastle for the Swedish hitman - with Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz among those to make way.
But those alterations have so far not altogether paid off. Ekitike was an instant hit - scoring 17 times in his debut season - but injury looks set to rule the 23-year-old out of action for up to a year. Additionally Isak has suffered an injury-hit season with a broken leg endured back in December.
And in all honesty we are still waiting for the best of the 26-year-old to be seen. Isak’s robustness has been consistently under scrutiny and it would be a folly to go into the 2026/27 season with him as the only senior, available striker. Liverpool eyeing up a striker deal That’s why links to a new frontman in the upcoming transfer window make sense.
It’s been reported that Richard Hughes will ONLY consider bargains or loan deals - considering there are other priorities that need to be addressed. And one potential move that could be explored involves Serhou Guirassy of Borussia Dortmund. All signs indicate that the Guinea international will be leaving Signal Iduna Park this summer and he has got a tantalising release clause .