Liverpool agree deal to sign highly-rated keeper Brughmans & loan him back to Genk

[p]Financial ‌details were not disclosed, ⁠but ‌British media reported that the ​fee with add-ons could reach £30 million ($39.3 million).[/p][p]Having ​progressed through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/genk/r3jWUIiN/"]Genk[/a]'s academy and made 32 appearances ⁠for ​their reserve side, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kiaba-mounganga-lucca/n7aus10J/"]Brughmans[/a] made his senior debut in April and established ‌himself as the club's first-choice goalkeeper, making 10 further league appearances last season. He has started all four of Genk's matches at the start of the new campaign.[/p][embed guid="597d1148-60b5-4945-b802-f47faab0a037" url="https://x.com/LFC/status/2094847792430641635" social-type="twitter" /][p]At ‌international level, Brughmans captained ​Belgium at both the ‌U17 European Championship and U17 World Cup in 2025, and currently captains his country's U19 ⁠squad.[/p]