Richard Hughes, you genius: INCREDIBLE Liverpool deal comes to light

Richard Hughes produced a miracle this summer as details of an incredible deal he struck have come to light. A genius at work.

Liverpool struck some deals this summer that were unlike anything we’ve seen before. The very last one, in fact, is the biggest transfer in British football history.

Alexander Isak signed from Newcastle United right at the deadline - the end of an incredibly long, drawn-out pursuit. The Reds were happy to pay a fortune for him in the end, believing they were signing one of the world’s absolute best forwards.

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The truly mad thing, though, is that Isak broke Liverpool’s transfer record the same window that Florian Wirtz did. The German playmaker arrived from Bayer Leverkusen for a club-record fee.

And that’s a particularly interesting deal. Liverpool snapped a truly elite talent in Wirtz, seeing off Manchester City and Bayern Munich for the privilege.

The fee represented the first time Liverpool paid nine figures for a player and, potentially, would have gone on to be the British transfer record. We’ve now got some more details on that bit - and it shows off a truly sensational transfer.

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Florian Wirtz's transfer fee

The Times reports that Liverpool paid Leverkusen a guaranteed £100m for Wirtz. That will be paid in instalments over four years.

Only through add-ons could that figure have reached a British-record amount. There's a further £16m in those add-ons but they'd only trigger under truly extraordinary circumstances.

It's written that Liverpool would need to win four major trophies before paying all £16m. And by 'major' we mean just the Premier League or UEFA Champions League.

In other words, the only way Wirtz's fee would have eclipsed those of Enzo Fernandez or Moises Caicedo is if Liverpool achieved all of their goals. Now, we imagine payments are staggered (as in, likely £4m per major trophy up to a maximum of £16m) but the fact that the Wirtz fee only reached record-breaking levels with otherworldly success is remarkable business.

Richard Hughes started life slowly at Liverpool with a first transfer window that delivered little. This summer, however, has been a masterclass and the final Wirtz fee shows that off brilliantly.

A truly incredible deal for one of the most talented players in world football.

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