Liverpool could pay up to £78m, with £69m up front, for Hugo Ekitike as talks continue over add-ons of deal; Liverpool moved for Ekitike after being told Newcastle forward Alexander Isak was not for sale;

THE thrills and spills of the summer transfer window are well underway with some huge deals in the pipeline over the next few weeks! Manchester United have finally AGREED a deal to sign Brentford

Liverpool, who have already signed Jeremie Frimpong, Florian Wirtz and Milos Kerkez to bolster a Premier League title-winning squad, are expected to wrap up a deal for the France U21 international after an outline of an agreement was reached with the Bundesliga outfit.

It was previously reported early in the week that Newcastle United had seen an €80m (£69.5m) offer rejected by Eintracht Frankfurt for Hugo Ekitike. I would have been more than happy for United to have signed the 23 year old as second striker to Alexander Isak,

Liverpool have submitted a ‘new bid’ for Eintracht Frankfurt’s Hugo Ekitike but have also been given hope of signing Alexander Isak thanks to the striker’s contract standoff with Newcastle. The Reds were pushed into a move for Ekitike after Newcastle had a €70m [£61m] rejected for the 23-year-old striker,

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