Liverpool already have a brilliant agreement in place for the best defender ever seen according to his club.

Richard Hughes did not inherit an easy task when he took over as sporting director at Anfield. But the facts are clear, so far he has done his job well.

Even though results haven't been as expected this season, Hughes' vision has been for the long-term. He signed the best possible players available in the market last summer.

And he continued doing that in January bringing in Jeremy Jacquet as he begins to rebuild Liverpool's defence.

With the future of Ibrahima Konate uncertain and Virgil van Dijk's and Joe Gomez's contracts expiring in 2027, a refresh is needed.

It looks like Jacquet and Giovanni Leoni will spearhead the club's new defensive line. But they won't be alone. Hughes will be looking to add more pieces to Arne Slot's arsenal in the coming years.

And there's one defender he already has an agreement with.

Hughes did a lot of clever deals in the summer. Both in terms of sales and buys. Getting Hugo Ekitike was probably the best decision he made.

Convincing Florian Wirtz to choose Liverpool over a bunch of other clubs was also an astute move.

But there was one clever deal that went under the radar involving Bayer Leverkusen. And not it was not Jeremie Frimpong.

It was Hughes' decision to sell Jarell Quansah to the German giants. Not so much the decision to sell but the terms that he agreed to was an ingenious move by Hughes.

Liverpool struck a £70m agreement in place to buy-back Quansah from Leverkusen as per a recent report.

But what was really clever and unique from Hughes is that the agreement goes even further. As we wrote previously, Liverpool also have a pre-agreement for a contract with Quansah if that £70m buy-back clause was triggered.

You don't strike an agreement over a future contract if you don't seriously plan on activating that release clause. Liverpool's agreement comes valid from 2027, and now it looks inevitable that they are going to trigger it.

Quansah has been sensational since joining Bayer Leverkusen. He's playing regular football and having the time of his life. He already has three goals for the German side this season and has comfortably looked like their best defender, taking not time to settle and adjust.

In this period, Quansah has also made his debut for England's senior national team and has been nominated for the Bundesliga Player of the Month.

He really has just been playing ever so well, and it's why he was highlighted by his club's official account.

Bayer Leverkusen on X shared a Direct Message communication they had with Quansah on Instagram where they called him the 'best defender we have ever seen' in a lighthearted message for Valentines Day.

That's a brilliant message and it shows just how highly the value Quansah at Leverkusen. If he keeps going that return to Anfield in 2027 will be inevitable. (Anfield Watch)

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