Liverpool 'reach agreement' for first summer signing with five-year deal on the table
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Liverpool have reportedly reached an agreement to sign an exciting teenager. 16:25, Fri, May 22, 2026 Updated: 16:33, Fri, May 22, 2026 Liverpool have a busy summer transfer window ahead (Image: Getty)Liverpool have reportedly reached an agreement to sign Colombian teenager Samuel Martinez on a five-year deal.
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Read our Privacy PolicyMartinez will make his way to Merseyside once he turns 18, meaning he won't officially become a Reds player until 2027. Liverpool may well need to reassess their transfer approach this summer following a disappointing season under Arne Slot.The Reds have tumbled from Premier League champions to a side battling merely to secure Champions League qualification.Liverpool, who currently occupy fifth place - the final qualification spot - remain vulnerable to being overtaken by Bournemouth, after the Cherries drew 1-1 at home against Manchester City to keep their top-five ambitions alive and ensure Arsenal succeeded Arne Slot's side as champions.Nevertheless, it would take an extraordinary pair of results on Sunday's final day to deny Liverpool their place among Europe's elite.Samuel Martinez will join Liverpool in 2027 (Image: Getty)Bournemouth would need to claim victory at Nottingham Forest while Liverpool suffer defeat at home to Brentford, requiring a six-goal swing in favour of the South Coast outfit, given the Reds' current goal difference advantage.Brighton's loss at Leeds United at the weekend confirmed Bournemouth as the only side still capable of gatecrashing the Champions League qualification spots.Liverpool could yet finish fourth should they overcome Brentford and Aston Villa, who hammered the Reds 4-2 last Friday, slip to defeat in their final fixture at Man City.Following Villa's Europa League triumph against Freiburg on Wednesday, a Champions League qualification berth will be handed to whoever finishes sixth, which, at present, could be either Bournemouth or Brighton.