Crysencio Summerville could soon leave the Premier League after Al-Hilal agreed a fee with West Ham to sign the attacker.
David Ornstein reported on X (formerly Twitter) that the Saudi Pro League side had struck an agreement with the Hammers to the tune of €80m [£68.2m]. However, the deal is still waiting on the player’s okay, according to Fabrizio Romano.
Liverpool were thought to have kept Summerville in mind as a potential option on the wings, but their current focus is on PSG’s Bradley Barcola.
Despite prior reporting indicating that Liverpool would be prepared to escalate their own interest in the 24-year-old, it seems the Reds are now nowhere to be seen.
🚨⚠️ Summerville deal: Al Hilal agreed fee with West Ham but still waiting on player’s green light.
AS Roma are not giving up with new talks on player side; Gasperini also spoke to Summerville tonight.
All parties waiting for Crysencio’s decision.
🎥 https://t.co/FIjJaGW0Yo pic.twitter.com/KmERlm1alp
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 21, 2026
🚨 EXCL: Al Hilal reach agreement with West Ham United to sign Crysencio Summerville. Deal for 24yo #WHUFC winger worth ~€80m & #Netherlands int’l scheduled to undergo #AlHilal medical. Long-term contract ready, pending final authorisations @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/Hr429OPfhF
— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) July 21, 2026
And that’s entirely understandable when we’re talking about a £68.2m fee for a footballer with only 12 goal contributions in 2025/26, albeit in a terrible West Ham outfit.
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Still, it’s the kind of crazy money the Saudi Pro League has fewer qualms about than their Premier League counterparts.
Frankly, in this instance, though we do admire the player and think he could do a job for Liverpool, we can understand why our recruitment team would be happy to let this transfer pass into fruition.
This is not, by any stretch of the means, a simple window for Liverpool to conduct their business in.
Yes, the needs are obvious: a right-sided winger (or someone who can play there), a holding six, a right-back and a new centre-half should be considered the bare minimum. However, as far as the winger market is concerned, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to imagine the Reds securing top target Bradley Barcola for less than £100m when players like Summerville are going for almost £70m.
With the greatest of respect to the West Ham wide man – who did enjoy a productive, if short-lived, World Cup campaign – he is not a £70m winger.
But it’s this kind of pricing – coupled with crazy spending on players like Elliot Anderson (£116m) and Morgan Rogers (£117m) – that is enabling clubs like RB Leipzig and PSG to demand the big bucks for their talents.
So, it’s not as simple as saying Liverpool should just go and get the player, given the reported asking price of £127.5m for Barcola.
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The Saudi Premier League are crazy to pay that sort of money for Summerville…just as we would be crazy to pay the sort of money PSG are quoting for Barcola (needless to say getting us to fund Diomande’s purchase…we must not do this), LFC need to look harder and smarter, and quite frankly it is part of Hughes job to be doing that! With 6 weeks to go the pressure is on, Iraola needs another strong fullback (Van Der Ven) to partner VVD, we need a middle hatchet man to strengthen what at times seemed pitiful in the middle last season and yes of course back up for Kerkez (Kostas should be sold, as should Gapko and Frimpong, and I would also sell Mc Allister). I would enquire into the availability of Lucas Herrington to play at left back. I would buy Rayan and Alex Scott and also Djed Spence instead of Konsa …that is what I would do just as a start…but Hughes you had better extract the digit and quickly before you leave (Gordon is I hope monitoring the actions of Hughes)…because if Iraola is not supported it will be on managements head. YNWA.
A player is only worth what clubs are prepared to pay for them with a £68 million offer for summerville makes it clear that any other club that want him will have to get close to or offer more money for him yes the saudis can afford to pay big money for players but why should we let him go for a lot less to the likes of roma liverpool man utd and spurs also. summerville will earn so much money he will never have to worry about money ever again its a no brainer if we have to let him go then we need to.get the best possible price for him simple as that
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