Michael Edwards may once again be about to do what he does best at Liverpool – Our View

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Liverpool’s transfers in recent years have been brilliant, there’s no doubt about that.

Mohamed Salah, Alisson, Virgil van Dijk and Fabinho have all been inspired signings, but while they’ve been fantastic at buying players, they’ve arguably been even better at selling.

Indeed, when you look at the Reds’ net spend, it’s actually not all that high, and that’s because the Merseyside club have an uncanny knack of selling players for fees above their values.

Now, everyone knows about Liverpool pulling off what has to be described as the heist of the century when selling Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona for £142m, but there are a number of smaller deals that Michael Edwards deserves a huge amount of credit for.

Selling Jordon Ibe for £15m, shipping Dominic Solanke out for £17m, fetching £23.5m for Rhian Brewster, getting £12m for Danny Ward, all of these moves have seen the Reds earn huge fees for players that, with all due respect, weren’t good enough for their squad, and they may be about to do it again.

Neco Williams could reportedly be sold this summer, and the Merseyside outfit reportedly want £10m for the young Welshman’s services.

£10m for a player who has played just 477 minutes of Premier League football in his life is daylight robbery in any case, but for Liverpool, this would be an exceptional piece of business.

No disrespect to Williams, but he was never going to be the Reds’ first-choice right-back, Trent Alexander-Arnold is already arguably the best player in the world in that position and he looks to have that spot secured for the next decade at Anfield, and while the Reds will inevitably need back-up there eventually, you can secure a handy second-string player for much less then £10m.

The reality is that Williams hasn’t played much Premier League football, and when he has played he’s rarely impressed, hence why he’s failed to hold down a spot in the side for a sustained period.

Just like Solanke, Ibe, Brewster and Ward, getting £10m for Williams would be another example of Michael Edwards receiving a fantastic fee for a fringe player, something that is quickly becoming a trademark of his at Liverpool.