Hugo Ekitike Is A $115 Million Gamble Worth Taking For Liverpool
The post Hugo Ekitike Is A $115 Million Gamble Worth Taking For Liverpool appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY – APRIL 13: Hugo Ekitike of Eintracht Frankfurt celebrates scoring his … More team’s third goal during the Bundesliga match between Eintracht Frankfurt and 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 at Deutsche Bank Park on April 13, 2025 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images) Getty Images As Liverpool FC’s interest in a transfer deal for Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike has turned from rumour into something more concrete, it raises questions around how effective the Frenchman would be for Liverpool and whether he is worth the money it would take to sign him from the German Bundesliga club. Ekitike has a release clause of $100 million ($116 million), and Eintracht Frankfurt are thought to be holding out for something close to that figure. Newcastle, who were also heavily linked to Ekitike, were thought to have made a bid approaching $95 million, which Eintracht Frankfurt turned down. This means Liverpool will have to shell out another large sum in this transfer window, having already spent $39 million on Jeremie Frimpong, $134 million on Florian Wirtz, and $54 million on Milos Kerkez, so spending another big fee on a forward could be seen as a gamble. Liverpool has also been linked to Newcastle United forward Alexander Isak, who is constantly the subject of transfer rumours, but Newcastle will be eager to keep him, having qualified for the UEFA Champions League ahead of the 2025/26 season. At times, it has appeared as if Ekitike has been used as leverage for Liverpool to sign Isak from Newcastle, but Ekitike has been on Liverpool’s radar for some time, and their interest this summer has always been genuine since the transfer links first emerged early in the year. The way Liverpool’s recruitment process works, they will often have a profile,…
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FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY – APRIL 13: Hugo Ekitike of Eintracht Frankfurt celebrates scoring his … More team’s third goal during the Bundesliga match between Eintracht Frankfurt and 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 at Deutsche Bank Park on April 13, 2025 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images) Getty Images As Liverpool FC’s interest in a transfer deal for Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike has turned from rumour into something more concrete, it raises questions around how effective the Frenchman would be for Liverpool and whether he is worth the money it would take to sign him from the German Bundesliga club. Ekitike has a release clause of $100 million ($116 million), and Eintracht Frankfurt are thought to be holding out for something close to that figure. Newcastle, who were also heavily linked to Ekitike, were thought to have made a bid approaching $95 million, which Eintracht Frankfurt turned down. This means Liverpool will have to shell out another large sum in this transfer window, having already spent $39 million on Jeremie Frimpong, $134 million on Florian Wirtz, and $54 million on Milos Kerkez, so spending another big fee on a forward could be seen as a gamble. Liverpool has also been linked to Newcastle United forward Alexander Isak, who is constantly the subject of transfer rumours, but Newcastle will be eager to keep him, having qualified for the UEFA Champions League ahead of the 2025/26 season. At times, it has appeared as if Ekitike has been used as leverage for Liverpool to sign Isak from Newcastle, but Ekitike has been on Liverpool’s radar for some time, and their interest this summer has always been genuine since the transfer links first emerged early in the year. The way Liverpool’s recruitment process works, they will often have a profile,…
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