Door OPENS for Richard Hughes to complete crazy Everton swap deal

Liverpool are not messing about this summer and they could even agree a historic swap deal with Everton.

So it looks like Florian Wirtz is on his way to Anfield. He follows on from Jeremie Frimpong, who is set to join the Reds to replace Trent Alexander-Arnold.

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The duo alone who will both arrive from Bayer Leverkusen would conclude an exciting summer on its own for the Reds. But they are just the beginning as Richard Hughes looks to completely reshape the Liverpool squad.

Among the Reds' ambition is to sign a no.9 but also to recruit a centre-back and this pursuit could see them agreeing a sensational swap deal with their arch rival.

At senior level 29 players have been transferred between Everton and Liverpool. But the last transfer to happen between the two sides was over two decades ago.

That was when Abel Xavier moved from Everton to Anfield.

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Since then, it's pretty much been unprecedented for an Everton player to move to Liverpool or vice versa. The club's simply do not do any business with each other.

But this could change this summer, with the door opening for a potentially crazy swap deal between the two sides.

According to The Times, Everton are admirers of Ben Doak and are considering a move for him this summer.

The young Liverpool attacker has been impressive in the Championship during his loan spell. But it's unclear whether he has a long-term future at the club.

With new additions in attack and Mohamed Salah to compete against on the right-wing, Doak's future may lie away from Anfield.

The Reds would of course be reluctant to sell him to Everton. However, Hughes might be more willing to do a deal if Liverpool could get something in return.

That player could be Jarrad Branthwaite. Liverpool are long-term admirers and as we have mentioned above they are looking to bring in a centre-back this summer.

Branthwaite could be the perfect option. He's homegrown, and he's a very good defender. Liverpool have been linked as one of his admirers as recently as a few days ago.

The Everton defender is still relatively young at just 22-years-old. He ranks among the top five centre-backs for aerial duels won in the Premier League this season (64%).

He's hard to beat, winning 72.32% of his defensive duels in total, which is not far away from Van Dijk's numbers at 73.76%.

And he's comfortable on the ball averaging 8.06 progressive passes per 90, again not far away from Van Dijk's 8.32 progressive passes per 90.

It would be a completely crazy move. But if the two sides are to break an over 20-year-long tradition, the only way it would make sense is if both bring in one player from the other.

This way, Everton get one of Liverpool's promising young stars and vice versa.

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Striking an agreement in this way would make sense for the two clubs if they intend to pursue their interest on Branthwaite and Doak.