{"id":657104,"date":"2025-07-20T04:51:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T08:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=657104"},"modified":"2025-07-20T05:05:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T09:05:36","slug":"liverpool-close-to-hugo-ekitike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/07\/20\/liverpool-close-to-hugo-ekitike\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Close to Signing \u2018World-Class Talent\u2019 Who\u2019s Made Move \u2018Absolute Priority\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool won the 2024\/2025 Premier League, finishing 10 points ahead of nearest challengers, Arsenal. As they prepare to defend their title and push further in the Champions League, the <\/span>Merseyside club<\/span><\/a> have already strengthened, and according to <\/span>Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/a>, Liverpool are close to signing Eintracht Frankfurt forward Hugo Ekitike. <\/span><\/p>\n

Liverpool Look to Improve for 2025\/26 Season<\/h2>\n

Liverpool Close to Signing Hugo Ekitike<\/h3>\n

Ahead of the 2025\/26 season, Liverpool have signed Florian Wirtz, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong and \u00c1rmin P\u00e9csi. It appears “The Reds” are far from done in the transfer market, and are now closing in on Eintracht Frankfurt forward Hugo Ekitike.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More:\u00a0<\/strong>Fabrizio Romano Reveals \u2018Genius\u2019 Clause Which Liverpool Negotiated Into Huge Player Sale<\/a><\/p>\n

The deal is reportedly worth up to \u00a378 million with add-ons as part of <\/span>the proposal<\/span><\/a>. The clubs are expected to be in further contact on July 20 to finalise the add-ons part of the transfer, with the player making it clear he wants the move to Anfield and views it as an ‘<\/span>absolute priority.<\/span><\/a>‘<\/span><\/p>\n

Qualities of Hugo Ekitike<\/span><\/h3>\n

Hugo Ekitike has previously\u00a0been described\u00a0as a ‘<\/span>world-class talent<\/span><\/a>,’ and rightfully so. One of his standout qualities is his ability to run in behind and stretch opposition defences. He’s also adept at dropping deep and linking up with his teammates.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ekitike is a sharp finisher who doesn’t waste many chances and would thrive in a creative Liverpool team. <\/span>He’s comfortable receiving the ball and running directly at defenders, making him a <\/span>nightmare<\/span> to <\/span>play<\/span> against.<\/span> Darwin Nunez<\/span><\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0been linked\u00a0with a move away from Anfield this summer, with many Liverpool fans frustrated by his inconsistency in front of goal. Ekitike is more composed in those situations and, at 23, has huge potential upside.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The French forward has scored 26 goals and provided 14 assists in 64 games for Frankfurt. It looks increasingly likely that he will be Liverpool’s next signing. The question now is whether Ekitike can win over the Anfield faithful.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Liverpool won the 2024\/2025 Premier League, finishing 10 points ahead of nearest challengers, Arsenal. As they prepare to defend their title and push further in the Champions League, the Merseyside club have already strengthened, and according to Fabrizio Romano, Liverpool are close to signing Eintracht Frankfurt forward Hugo Ekitike. Liverpool Look to Improve for 2025\/26 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":646955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16,30,3,7188],"tags":[9158,7298],"class_list":["post-657104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bundesliga","category-liverpool","category-news","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-hugo-ekitike","tag-liverpool-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657104"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":657107,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657104\/revisions\/657107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}