Richard Hughes wins transfer race with bombshell offer

Richard Hughes wins transfer race with bombshell offer Richard Hughes appears to have won a transfer race for Liverpool by making a massive offer. Another massive transfer window is around the corner for Liverpool. Not only do they need to improve on a squad that failed to deliver this season, but they need to replace some of the best players to have ever been at the club.

No small task, then. And that all needs to come alongside the usual business, such as finding young stars to invest in for the long-term. They appear to have found one, too.

Liverpool are on the brink of signing Samuel Martinez from Atletico Nacional in Colombia, a 17-year-old with an incredibly bright future. They've beaten the likes of Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund to get the wonderkid - so how? Well, journalist Patrick Berger claims the deciding factor was Liverpool's willingness to pay over €800k to get him.

Dortmund, despite having an agreement with the player, couldn't justify the kind of money coming from Anfield. Liverpool must feel very, very confident about this one then. They're not a club who typically overpay for youngsters - something that's cost them deals in the past.