Liverpool have already agreed potential transfer as Thomas Tuchel comments speak volumes

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Liverpool made sure to cover their backs when they sold the new England international in the summerIt will be all eyes on Anfield on Saturday as Liverpool return to Premier League action at home to Nottingham Forest. The Reds also recouped £200m in sales.Further arrivals and departures could well follow in the new year with Bournemouth's flying winger Antoine Semenyo a name that is gathering traction in the gossip columns after it was revealed that his contract contains a £65m release clause.READ MORE: Antoine Semenyo agreement reached as pundits say same thing about Liverpool bidREAD MORE: Alisson Becker, Jeremie Frimpong, Alexander Isak - Liverpool injury news and return datesWhether Hughes returns to his former club once more, after snapping up Milos Kerkez for £40m and selling Ben Gannon-Doak to the Cherries for £20m, remains to be seen.But what is clear is that the defending Premier League champions did want to sign a centre-back in the summer and would have done so had Crystal Palace not pulled the plug on a £35m deal for captain Marc Guehi on deadline day.And the need for cover and competition for captain Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate and Joe Gomez is even more pressing now after the devastating injury suffered by the centre-back who did arrive in the last window, Giovanni Leoni.Given Konate is in the last year of his contract, and it would appear that the long-serving Gomez's future also carries some uncertainty, it is a position the Reds will soon have to address.But in a way they already have - if they want to.Thrilling late wins for Republic of Ireland and then Scotland may have grabbed the headlines over the international break, but there was a heart-warming video clip of Jarell Quansah being presented with his legacy cap by captain Harry Kane after making his senior England debut in the World Cup qualifying 2-0 win over Albania.It capped a season of continued progress for the 22-year-old after he swapped Liverpool for Bayer Leverkusen in a £35m transfer in July.Quansah has been operating on the right-hand side of a back three for the Bundesliga outfit but was played at right-back by Thomas Tuchel in Tirana on Sunday.And that could spell bad news for his former club-mate Trent Alexander-Arnold, who also left the Reds in the summer to sign for Real Madrid for £10m before his contract officially expired.“I have a lot of trust in Jarell,” England boss Tuchel said.

“I see his talent but I see the package (too). He is tall, fast, strong in build-up, in the air.“I saw him playing very strong for Liverpool in this position (right-back).

So I always wanted to try (him there). And he plays every minute for Leverkusen since the Under-21 Euros (which he won with England).“So he is, at the moment, a tiny bit ahead (of Alexander-Arnold).”Given Quansah's versatility, it's hard not to imagine that he would have enjoyed more game time for Liverpool this season, both at centre-back and at right-back, given the injury sustained by new boy Jeremie Frimpong, who made the opposite move from Leverkusen.That, of course, is the benefit of hindsight.But the Reds made sure to cover their backs when they sold Quansah.The transfer was viewed as being 'the best both worlds', allowing a young player the time and space to improve away from the intense glare of the Anfield spotlight with regular first-team football at a club with lofty ambitions, all while retaining a degree of control on his future, should he improve to the levels that had been anticipated.Liverpool negotiated a buyback clause with Leverkusen, which is thought to be in the region of £50-£60m, with reports suggesting it will come into play in 2027.It's understood the England new boy has also penned a pre-agreed contract, should he return to the Reds.So while the talk is currently of Semenyo, and will no doubt soon be of Guehi, too, the case of Quansah is certainly one to keep an eye on in the future.