Liverpool have told Eintracht Frankfurt that they will \u2018pay more\u2019 for Hugo Ekitike than Newcastle United, according to reports.<\/p>\n
The Reds and the Magpies are both looking to sign a new centre-forward this summer with Ekitike climbing to the top of both their lists in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
Liverpool<\/a> are looking to sign a replacement for Darwin Nunez with the Uruguay international expected to leave Anfield in the summer and Napoli are keen<\/a>.<\/p>\n While Newcastle are looking to fill the hole left by Callum Wilson, who departed on a free transfer this summer, it would also give Eddie Howe the possibility of playing two up top.<\/p>\n Liverpool have been in contact to buy Alexander Isak from Newcastle this summer with the Reds set to go for Ekitike instead if they can\u2019t land the Sweden international.<\/p>\n The Magpies have made it clear that Isak is not for sale and transfer expert Fabrizio Romano reported this morning<\/a> that Liverpool are now \u2018advancing\u2019 for Ekitike.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Mailbox:\u00a0Liverpool defence is \u2018actually worrying\u2019 amid \u00a3150m Isak chase<\/a><\/p>\n Romano wrote on\u00a0X\u00a0on Thursday morning: \u2018Reports on Hugo Ekitike deal advancing yesterday with Newcastle are not confirmed at this stage. Newcastle last bid was rejected on Monday by Eintracht and no new proposal has been sent by then. No advances\u2026 and Liverpool, on it. More follows.\u2019<\/p>\n Before later adding: \u2018Understand Liverpool are advancing today in club to club talks with Eintracht for Hugo Ekitike. While Isak deal depends on final decision by Newcastle as they insist on not-for-sale stance\u2026 \u2026Liverpool also progressing on both club and player side for Ekitike.\u2019<\/p>\n And now Sky Germany reporter Florian Plettenberg has revealed that Liverpool have told Frankfurt that they \u2018are prepared to pay more than Newcastle\u2019 for Ekitike, while the \u2018feeling\u2019 is that the France international wants to sign for the Reds over Newcastle.<\/p>\n Plettenberg wrote on X<\/a>: \u2018Liverpool have verbally indicated to Eintracht that they are ready to bid for Hugo #Ekitike and have made it clear to Frankfurt that they are prepared to pay more than Newcastle, as reported yesterday.<\/p>\n MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026 \u2018As of this morning, there has still been no written offer from #LFC. However, there are new talks taking place today. Newcastle could not progress in negotiations with Eintracht yesterday. Eintracht feeling that Ekitike would like to join Liverpool.\u2019<\/p>\n Liverpool legend John Aldridge has revealed his thoughts on the Reds\u2019 pursuit of a new striker with Isak the \u201cperfect addition\u201d.<\/p>\n Aldridge told BetBrain: \u201cLiverpool have some thinking to do in regard to the centre forward position. If the club are going to replace Darwin Nunez, who are they going to bring in? Will Florian Wirtz play as a false nine? For me, Alexander\u00a0Isak\u00a0is the player on everyone\u2019s mind and would be the perfect addition up front.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019d be a superb signing, but\u00a0I can\u2019t see Newcastle letting him go, and if they did, it would be for a huge fee. I don\u2019t know what the club\u2019s plans are, but they need to get something sorted before the start of the season.<\/p>\n \u201cLiverpool also can\u2019t allow Luiz Diaz\u2019 contract to run down and him leave for free \u2013 \u2018no player is bigger than the club\u2019 as they say. There\u2019s so much happening at Liverpool right now; they don\u2019t need another saga with a player\u2019s contract \u2013 we all saw what happened with Trent Alexander-Arnold. If it was down to me, I\u2019d give Diaz a new contract \u2013 I want him to stay.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool have told Eintracht Frankfurt that they will \u2018pay more\u2019 for Hugo Ekitike than Newcastle United, according to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,818,1615,1613,1526,44,1614,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-1025","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-home-page","11":"tag-hugo-ekitike","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-newcastle-united","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\ud83d\udc49\u00a0Alexander Isak to Liverpool, Victor Osimhen to Man Utd in five-man transfer domino effect worth \u00a3404m<\/a>
\ud83d\udc49\u00a0Liverpool \u2018prepare offer\u2019 for Isak, Ekitike alternative after Paris \u2018meeting\u2019 with Man Utd target<\/a>
\ud83d\udc49\u00a0The last Premier League winner signed by every club \u2013 you genuinely won\u2019t guess Liverpool or Newcastle<\/a><\/p>\n