Liverpool Agree £79m Deal For Hugo Ekitike, Taking Summer Spend To Almost £300m

Liverpool are to return their summertime spending to almost £300m aft agreeing to salary £69m positive £10m successful add-ons for nan Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike.

Ekitike emerged arsenic nan Premier League champions’ favoured No 9 aft they received nary encouragement regarding their liking successful Newcastle’s Alexander Isak.

Liverpool accelerated talks pinch Eintracht precocious past week, having been granted support to talk individual position pinch nan player. The £10m successful add-ons for nan France under-21 world subordinate to individual and nine achievements. The woody amounts to €91m, €9m little than nan €100m merchandise clause successful nan forward’s contract.

Ekitike is group to go nan champions’ seventh signing of an eager summertime transportation window, aft Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong, Milos Kerkez, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Armin Pecsi and Freddie Woodman.

The 23-year-old has agreed a six-year statement successful rule and is expected to subordinate Arne Slot’s squad later this week connected their 10-day pre-season circuit of Hong Kong and Japan. Liverpool arrived successful Hong Kong connected Monday successful beforehand of their friends against Milan connected Saturday.

Ekitike is scheduled to acquisition a aesculapian successful nan UK connected Tuesday earlier finalising his statement and flying to Hong Kong. Liverpool’s sporting director, Richard Hughes, and members of their aesculapian unit remained successful nan UK to complete nan transfer.

Ekitike scored 22 goals and made 12 assists successful each competitions past season, his first successful nan Bundesliga, arsenic Eintracht qualified for nan Champions League. He emerged arsenic a starring transportation target this summertime for Newcastle, who had a £70m bid rejected past week, but made it clear his penchant was to subordinate Slot’s side.