Liverpool at the moment are poised to make a suggestion for Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike, with talks ongoing between the 2 golf equipment over a possible switch.
Ekitike has emerged as the subsequent high-profile goal in a busy summer season of signings for Liverpool, who at the moment are centered on bringing in a brand new No. 9.
This Is Anfield understands there was contact between Liverpool and Bundesliga facet Frankfurt this week and it’s now doubtless a bid will observe.
This comes after Newcastle noticed a £70 million provide for the 23-year-old rejected on Tuesday.
Liverpool have moved shortly to interact in conversations with Frankfurt whereas additionally scoping out a possible different deal for Newcastle‘s Alexander Isak.
Isak has been positioned because the membership’s precedence goal however within the occasion of that transfer being blocked, Ekitike has been explored as their different.
It stays to be seen if Liverpool’s anticipated bid meets Frankfurt’s asking value, with it extensively reported that they are going to be looking for a charge near his €100 million (£86.6m) launch clause.
Liverpool have already damaged the British switch document this summer season to signal Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen, with that £116 million deal becoming a member of these for Milos Kerkez (£45m), Jeremie Frimpong (£29.5m) and Giorgi Mamardashvili (£29m).
Goalkeepers Armin Pecsi and Freddie Woodman have additionally arrived from Puskas Akademia and Preston respectively, whereas 4 first-team gamers have already departed on everlasting offers.
Any motion on Ekitike is prone to see Darwin Nunez edge nearer to an exit, although curiosity from Napoli is believed to have cooled as they as an alternative flip to Udinese’s Lorenzo Lucca.
Nunez scored the second objective of Liverpool’s 3-1 win over Preston to kick off pre-season however remains to be attracting curiosity from golf equipment in Saudi Arabia.
Ekitike joined Frankfurt from Paris Saint-Germain in February 2024, initially on mortgage earlier than making his change everlasting for €16.5 million final summer season.
The Frenchman scored 22 targets and laid on an additional 12 assists in 48 video games final season, with no striker aged 23 or underneath throughout Europe’s prime 5 leagues scoring extra in all competitions.
