"The next morning he was on a plane to Liverpool": How Reds beat Real Madrid to signing no one saw coming

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Liverpool signed Lucca Brughmans in the summer and he is expected to be a top performer for the Reds in the coming years, but his move to Anfield came quickly. There were just two days left in the summer transfer window when Liverpool sent Genk a formal offer for Brughmans, surprising the club’s Director of Football, Dimitri de Conde.

As de Conde has now revealed, Liverpool’s move was out of the blue and caught him and the Belgian club by surprise, even if they were more than happy to facilitate the transfer, particularly given that Brughmans was to spend this season on loan as part of the deal. “My first reaction was, oh boy, what now?” said Genk chief de Conde when asked by HLN about being told Liverpool had submitted a bid with just 48 hours left in the summer transfer window.

The next morning Lucca was on a plane to Liverpool. At first it might have only been in the Playoff Two stage, but we did it nonetheless and he took it.” Michael first started supporting Liverpool after Istanbul in 2006.