{"id":14356,"date":"2025-07-21T15:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=14356"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:04:09","slug":"liverpool-reach-agreement-with-eintracht-frankfurt-for-79-million-hugo-ekitike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=14356","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool reach agreement with Eintracht Frankfurt for \u00a379 million Hugo Ekitike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Liverpool have reached an agreement with Eintracht Frankfurt for the transfer of striker Hugo Ekitike, in a deal reportedly worth \u00a369 million.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old French forward is set to undergo a medical in the UK on Tuesday before finalising his move to Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>The transfer, which includes \u00a310 million in add-ons, could rise to a total of \u00a379 million, according to The Athletic&#8217;s David Ornstein.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udea8 Liverpool reach agreement with Eintracht Frankfurt to sign Hugo Ekitike. \u00a379m (\u00a369m fixed, \u00a310m bonuses based on success for #LFC &amp; 23yo forward). Below \u20ac95m+ #SGE targeted. 6yr contract. Medical then join tour. W\/ @SebSB @JamesPearceLFC @TheAthleticFC https:\/\/t.co\/qNT2KfsFiO<br \/>\n\u2014 David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) July 21, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Ekitike is expected to sign a six-year contract with the Premier League club and join Liverpool\u2019s Asia tour later this week.<\/p>\n<p>Ekitike\u2019s potential move comes after Newcastle had a \u00a370 million bid for the player rejected earlier this month. Meanwhile, Liverpool have also shown interest in Alexander Isak, a striker currently at Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>The French forward impressed last season, netting 15 goals in 31 appearances as Eintracht Frankfurt secured a third-place finish in the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n<p>Ekitike is reportedly set to earn a wage between\u00a0\u00a310 million to \u00a312\u00a0million gross, as per sports journalist Abdella Boulma.<\/p>\n<p>Should Hugo Ekitike sign for Liverpool, he\u2019s expected to agree to a six-year contract, earning between \u20ac12M and \u20ac13M gross annually. An agreement between Liverpool and Frankfurt has yet to be finalized #LFC #SGE<br \/>\n\u2014 Abdellah Boulma (@AbdellahBoulma) July 17, 2025<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0With this transfer, Liverpool\u2019s spending this summer is set to exceed \u00a3250 million.<\/p>\n<p>The club had already signed Florian Wirtz for a potential British record fee of \u00a3116 million, alongside defenders Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong for a combined \u00a370 million.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool have reached an agreement with Eintracht Frankfurt for the transfer of striker Hugo Ekitike, in a deal reportedly worth \u00a369 million. The 23-year-old French forward is set to undergo a medical in the UK on Tuesday before finalising his move to Anfield. The transfer, which includes \u00a310 million in add-ons, could rise to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}