England international suggests Liverpool could soon have the best player in the world

Liverpool want to return to the pinnacle of football, and for that they need the best players on the planet.

Richard Hughes was very much motivated by this philosophy. It's why he spent so lavishly as the sporting director of the club.

He wanted to bring in the best players on the market. He did that. On paper he was successful. He secured Bradley Barcola, Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz.

Not to mention other players for whom there was a lot of competition for as well. This includes Milos Kerkez, Jeremy Jacquet, Hugo Ekitike and Giorgi Mamardashvili.

Now aside from the notable exceptions like Ekitike and Jacquet, it's true that so far the aforementioned players have not lived up to their hype.

But transfers are judged in the long-term, not the short-term.

Julian Ward is overseeing a major reshuffle

Hughes has left behind a bit of a disjointed squad. Ward's job is now to fix that as Liverpool's new sporting director.

It's not going to be easy. But the good thing is that the spine of the team is strong. You can comfortably build a team around Isak, Wirtz, Ekitike, Jacquet and Barcola.

These are players who could become superstars and who absolutely have what it takes to be world-beaters.

On top of that it's important to mention how smartly Liverpool recruited at youth level. Ifeanyi Ndukwe already looks like an incredible value for money.

Mor Talla Ndiaye could prove to be the same. Let's not forget about Lucca Brughmanns and Samuel Martinez either who are very highly regarded in their respective age-groups.

Jarell Quansah confirms that Liverpool could soon have the best player in the world

Now on top of this, there's already an exciting academy thronging with burgeoning talent ready to break into Andoni Iraola's first-team.

This season's revelation has been Trey Nyoni, who has been absolutely sublime.

But he isn't the only one.

Rio Ngumoha has also been sensational. It's easy to forget that this is still only the beginning for the 18-year-old. Quansah who has now trained with him at club and international level speaking to BBC 5 Live confirmed that he believed that eventually Liverpool could have one of the best players on the planet.

“Rio Ngumoha," Quansah replied when asked on who he believes could win the Ballon d'Or.

"Outstanding, outstanding talent. Trained with him at Liverpool a lot," he continued.

“He’s so sharp, so quick. He’s so brave at doing his one-v-ones and definitely someone who has potential to be on that level.”

By the sounds of it, in Ngumoha Liverpool could soon be welcoming the best player on the planet.