In principle, Liverpool has made an agreement for the French striker Hugo Ekitens, Talksport understands.
The Reds have agreed to pay a first and player-related one with additional £ 10 million GBP in add-ons.
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Richard Hughes, sports director of Liverpool, and Frankfurt counterpart Markus Krosche have had discussions over the weekend to complete the business.
It is assumed that Ekitics has already agreed with the Merseyside outfit in a six-year contract.
The news about the breakthrough of Liverpool will result in Newcastle as a blow, which had a 70 million pound offer that was rejected, but not the same add-ons that had submitted their Premier League competitors.
Ekitics should travel to Great Britain on Tuesday to undergo a medical one before flying to Asia to turn their pre-season tour.
At the time of Newcastle’s offer, Talksport knew that the managers of Frankfurt assessed the assessment of their previous 100 million. € (£ 87 million) for the striker, who had not met the high expectations until last season.
Ektiten was on stage with the Boyhood Club Reims in 2021 and was stuck as a future France star in France, but did not do justice to the hype with a failed move to Paris Saint-Germain, who have very little season.
But after a season in which he scored 22 times in all competitions for Frankfurt, he was on Liverpool and Newcastles Radar.
The red are looking for a new striker with Darwin Nunez on the market and worth 59 million GBP.
As a prelude to her EktiSten interest, Liverpool Newcastle stated that they were willing to pay a British record for the Star striker Alexander Isak.
However, the Magpies appreciate the player at 150 million GBP.
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After Newcastle refused to move, Liverpool instead turned to Ekitike, where they hope to be able to complete a deal directly.
Should Ekics join Liverpool as expected, it would increase your summer collapse to over £ 250 million.
Arne Slot’s team responded to the loss of Trent Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid by bringing in a new right-back for 29.5 million GBP in Jeremie Frimpong.
Liverpool then added his former Bayer Leverkusen teammate Florian Wirtz for a British record of £ 116 million.
Milos Kerkez was next to £ 40 million through the door.
And it remains to be seen whether Liverpool will take a step to bring Captain Marc Guehi from Crystal Palace to Leverkusen after the sale of academy products Jarell Quansah.
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