Liverpool Soccer Membership have accomplished the signing of French striker Hugo Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt, in a deal value as much as €95 million, pending last worldwide clearance.
Softfootball reported that the ahead had flown in to Liverpool to finish his deal, and now famend switch professional Fabrizio Romano broke the information through his official X deal with, confirming that Ekitike has put pen to paper on a six-year contract with the Merseyside membership.
Romano wrote;
“Hugo Ekitike joins Liverpool from Eintracht Frankfurt on a six-year contract.
“€80m mounted price, €10m straightforward add-ons and €5m tough add-ons as package deal for the French striker.
“Yet another for Arne Slot.”
Liverpool Through their official web site, revealed that the 23-year-old ahead efficiently underwent his medical earlier this week and has already agreed on private phrases.
The assertion reads:
“Liverpool FC have reached an settlement for the switch of Eintracht Frankfurt ahead Hugo Ekitike, topic to worldwide clearance.”
“The 23-year-old has efficiently accomplished a medical and agreed on private phrases with the Reds, permitting him to fly out to Hong Kong to hitch his new teammates on their pre-season tour of Asia later this week.”
Ekitike loved a breakout spell within the Bundesliga, scoring 26 objectives in 64 appearances for Frankfurt. His performances final season, 13 objectives in 29 league video games, earned him a spot within the Bundesliga Staff of the Season.
The younger striker had initially joined Frankfurt on mortgage from Paris Saint-Germain earlier than making the transfer everlasting.
A product of Stade de Reims’ academy, Ekitike’s rise by means of the French soccer system earned him a transfer to PSG, the place he gained the Ligue 1 title and gained beneficial top-level expertise.
Liverpool reportedly turned to Ekitike after their makes an attempt to signal Newcastle United’s Alexander Isak had been rebuffed. With Isak off the desk, the Reds shortly hijacked Newcastle’s curiosity in Ekitike and moved swiftly to seal the deal.
Ekitike turns into Arne Slot’s fifth signing of the summer time, becoming a member of the likes of Jeremie Frimpong, Milos Kerkez, Giorgi Mamardashvili, and Florian Wirtz as Liverpool gear up for a brand new period below their Dutch supervisor.
