Two years ago, Liverpool signed an agreement with MTK Hungaria ensuring first option on the Hungarian club’s promising players. It has proven to be a fruitful partnership which has given Liverpool access to a country whose standing in youth football is on the rise.

Now League One side Oldham are trying to get in on the act. Last week, managing director Simon Corney announced that a deal had been reached, also with MTK Hungaria, granting them an option on the Hungarian club’s players.

There’s little to fear for Liverpool however, as Oldham will only be looking at the players that Benitez and his staff decide aren’t good enough.

Talking to the Oldham Evening Chronicle, Corney said “We are looking for a relationship in which they perhaps will be able to send a few players to us. Maybe they will be good enough to get into our first team. I am hoping we will be able to have a pick of the good players . . . . after Liverpool.”
Liverpool’S Hungarian Quartet Peter Gulacsi
Signed last summer after a season on loan – and an excellent European U19 tournament - Gulacsi is highly rated by Gary Ablett and has all the attributes to make it all the way to the top. What he lacks at the moment is experience of first team football – which occasionally results in indecision during games - something that he should gain during a loan spell at Hereford.

Kristian Nemeth
Undoubtedly the most promising of the Hungarian players to have joined Liverpool, Nemeth has been unlucky with injuries in a season where he probably would have gotten his chance in the first team. His talent, however, is undoubted and sooner or later he will get his opportunity.

Lukas Poloksei
Brought in the summer for a season long loan period, Poloksei has been unlucky with injury and he hasn’t made a single appearance for the reserves.

Andras Simon
The other striker brought in from Hungary, Simon missed most of his first season at Anfield through injury and then suffered because of the comparisons with Nemeth. Still barely eighteen, he has shown glimpses of his talent but often lacks the composure to make the most of his chances.