Hugo Ekitike transfer news: Liverpool agree £79m deal Eintracht Frankfurt striker | Football News
Liverpool and Eintracht Frankfurt concluded a total agreement in principle on an agreement for Hugo Ekitike worth 79 million pounds Sterling (91.5 million euros).
The agreement is made up of an initial guaranteed fee of 69 million pounds Sterling (80 million euros) plus 10 million pounds sterling (12.5 million euros) in additional modules.
It is understood that the additional modules require the success of the player and the club to be satisfied in full.
Ekitike should fly to the northwest for a doctor later this week.
Liverpool did their move to Ekitike earlier this week after being informed that Alexander Isak from Newcastle was not for sale.
Ekitike is open to a move in the Premier League and Liverpool would be his favorite destination after Newcastle rejected an offer.
The 23-year-old was an unused substitute during the pre-season match of his team against FSV Francfurt on Saturday. After the match, the Boss of Frankfurt, quoted by Sky Germany, said that the potential departure of Ekitike is “a bitter loss”.
Ekitike scored 22 goals in 48 games all competitions last season for Frankfurt when he helped them qualify for the Champions League.
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Sam Blitz de Sky Sports explains why Liverpool could get the “next” Alexander Isak in Hugo Ekitike, with a number of striking similarities between the two attackers.
Ekitike ready for the next step after the Bundesliga breakthrough
Adam Bate of Sky Sports:
When Hugo Ekitike was still a teenager at Stade Reims, the coaches staff prepared a development plan for him. They analyzed the performance of Kylian Mbappe, then chose two other players that Ekitike could realistically realize to reproduce.
“They were players with similar profiles of teams that were better than our team, but not at the distance that Paris Saint-Germain was from us,” said Oscar Garcia, then Reims head coach, said Sky Sports. “We challenged him to reach the level of the other two attackers.”
At first glance, it was a perfectly reasonable short -term target. Before his last season in Reims, Ekitike had not even scored a goal in the first level of France. He had spent the second half of the previous campaign on loan to the Danish club Vejle Boldklub.
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Take a look at all the goals and passes of Hugo Ekitike of the 2024/25 season while Liverpool and Newcastle interest to sign the attacker of Eintracht Frankfurt.
He returned to Reims as a fourth choice, but quickly forced Oscar to reassess. Shortly after, the two attackers who had been encouraged to strike the level were no longer in sight. “In a few months, he wanted to reach the same level as Mbappe.”
It is a story that offers an overview of the state of mind of the Frankfurt Eintracht striker who has long been linked to a premier League move.
“He has always been a talented player, but some coaches did not like him because of his profile and sometimes because of his character,” concedes Oscar. “They thought he was a little arrogant. He always wanted to be compared to the best.”
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