It's over: Liverpool finally ready to call Richard Hughes signing a failure

Liverpool are reportedly looking to replace one Richard Hughes signing. They've made an approach and are ready to rule the deal a failure.

Richard Hughes did a lot of big-money business in charge of Liverpool. He essentially oversaw a complete squad restructuring as the Reds looked to overhaul Jürgen Klopp's group and move onto something new.

Now did that work? No. Was it a good idea? No. Did the job even get completed? No, again.

Liverpool have unquestionably gone backwards since Klopp left. Their squad makes use of virtually none of the youngsters who were being brought through in 2024, while the squad also looks very imbalanced.

The reason? Most of the signings just haven't worked out. There are many, many reasons for that but sometimes they're just the wrong player. And Liverpool are willing to accept failure on at least one of them.

TeamTalk reports that Liverpool are now pushing to sign a new right-back. They claim that an approach was made for Pedro Porro, with the Reds in a group of clubs hoping to sign the Spaniard.

Whether that deal happens or not, it's a sign of the thinking at Anfield. They wanted a new right-back, just 18 months after Hughes signed Jeremie Frimpong for the role from Bayer Leverkusen.

It was a deal that always raised eyebrows. Frimpong was a right wing back in Germany and never really showed an ability to defend in a back four. He was also the sole wide player for Leverkusen and that was never going to be the case at Liverpool.

So the Reds were really asking him to be completely different. Shockingly, that didn't work and Frimpong has struggled to establish himself at the club, ultimately becoming a failed signing - despite a ridiculously unfair situation for him.

It's not his fault that Liverpool signed a player and then asked his game to be completely different. But it does mean that the team needs to move on with a player more suited for the actual role.

Liverpool are apparently trying to do that and it's a sensible move. Even if it does mean giving up on Frimpong.