Richard Hughes given green light to sign £39m defender

Liverpool only just scraped Champions League qualification this season.

The Anfield outfit were expected to put up a decent fight to retain their Premier League title but, in reality, this was far from the case.

Whether that was because of the poor management from Arne Slot , the number of injuries the club suffered or the lack of cohesion among their players, nothing went right for the Anfield outfit.

This has resulted in the rumour mill going into overdrive and fans getting excited over the slightest links.

However, for one of their many targets, Richard Hughes has just been given a green light to sign them during the summer transfer window.

One of Liverpool's main problem areas in the 2025-26 season was their right-back.

Even though they started the campaign with Conor Bradley and Jeremie Frimpong as their main options, injuries ruled them both out of a lot of games and, when Frimpong was fit, he was rarely played at right-back anyway.

This resulted in Dominik Szoboszlai and Curtis Jones sharing the role which is obviously far from ideal.