{"id":4166,"date":"2025-07-17T01:54:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T01:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/4166\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T01:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T01:54:14","slug":"newcastle-respond-to-hugo-ekitike-and-alexander-isak-contact-latest-lfc-news-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/4166\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle respond to Hugo Ekitike and Alexander Isak contact – Latest LFC News – Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been a busy day on the Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike transfer front, with Liverpool and Newcastle<\/a> battling over the pair.<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s Main LFC Headline<\/p>\n

Liverpool have made an official approach<\/a> for Eintracht Frankfurt striker Ekitike, according to the reliable David Ornstein of The Athletic.<\/p>\n

That comes after reports that the Reds are willing to break their transfer record<\/a> for Isak this summer, seeing the duo as their two priority No. 9 options.<\/p>\n

Now, according to the Telegraph<\/a>\u2018s Luke Edwards, Newcastle<\/a> are \u201cpushing\u201d to sign Ekitike themselves, \u201cin the hope of\u201d pairing him with Isak, seeing a \u00a365 million bid rejected.<\/p>\n

\"Newcastle<\/p>\n

It is described as a \u201cstrong response\u201d to Liverpool, with the Magpies \u201cdetermined to deliver a power play of their own.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s fair to say that Liverpool are adopting a bullish approach, making it clear that they will look to sign Ekitike from under Newcastle<\/a>\u2018s nose if they can\u2019t get Isak.<\/p>\n

The Reds are acting like the biggest team in the country \u2013 frankly, it\u2019s great to see!<\/p>\n

Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Liverpool FC News<\/p>\n

\"Rodrygo<\/p>\n

\u2022 Reports from Spain suggest that Liverpool are now ready to do \u201ceverything in their power\u201d<\/a> to sign Real Madrid<\/a> winger Rodrygo. He would be a Luis Diaz<\/a> upgrade!<\/p>\n

\u2022 Darwin Nunez<\/a>\u2018s rumoured move to Napoli is now OFF<\/a>, but Saudi Pro League clubs have made an \u201cinitial approach\u201d for the Uruguayan.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Liverpool are close to appointing Man United youth coach Simon Wiles<\/a> as their new U18s head coach. He is a highly-rated figure!<\/p>\n

\u2022 Alexis Mac Allister<\/a> was absent from Liverpool\u2019s 28-man squad in pre-season training<\/a> on Tuesday, with the Reds No. 10\u2019s fitness still being managed carefully<\/p>\n

\u2022 Chris Kavanagh has been confirmed<\/a> as the referee for Liverpool\u2019s Community Shield clash with Crystal Palace<\/a> on August 10, with the dreaded Paul Tierney on VAR!<\/p>\n

More from This Is Anfield<\/p>\n

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This Is Anfield have spoken to Palace fan David Matthews to get the lowdown on Liverpool target Marc Guehi, including his key assets:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of Guehi\u2019s main strengths, firstly his composure and his confidence in his defending; he very rarely gets rattled in situations when he\u2019s under pressure.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s an elite one vs. one defender on the ground. Ground duels, in terms of the percentages he wins most games, are normally in the high 80s or 90s so he very rarely loses his ground duels.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, for me, the biggest one is probably his organisational leadership skills, as well as his understanding of positioning \u2013 he very rarely gets exposed or caught out of position.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis leadership skills for someone who is only just 25 is quite impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ: Marc Guehi transfer would be \u201celite\u201d solution for Liverpool \u2013 \u201che rarely gets rattled\u201d
<\/a><\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the football world today<\/p>\n

\"LONDON,<\/p>\n

\u2022 United\u2019s pursuit of Brentford<\/a> forward Bryan Mbeumo has reportedly stalled, with the Bees now holding out for as much as \u00a370m for the Cameroonian (Guardian<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2022 United are said to be monitoring Chelsea<\/a> striker Nicolas Jackson, seeing him as an option to bring in this summer (Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Bournemouth<\/a> have completed the signing of Chelsea<\/a> backup goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic in a \u00a325 million move.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ipswich<\/a> have reportedly rejected Brentford<\/a>\u2018s \u00a335 million offer for winger Omari Hutchinson. Could they see him as an ideal Mbeumo replacement? (BBC Sport<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Liverpool FC: On this day<\/p>\n

\"Gerard<\/p>\n

On this day in 1998, Gerard Houllier became Liverpool\u2019s joint manager alongside Roy Evans<\/a>, in a bold move by the club.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, it didn\u2019t work out, with Evans departing four months later and Houllier taking sole charge.<\/p>\n

The Frenchman proved to be a successful and popular figure at Liverpool, especially after winning a cup treble in 2000\/01.<\/p>\n

Houllier also won the League Cup<\/a> in 2003, prior to leaving in 2004 and being replaced by Rafa Benitez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has been a busy day on the Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike transfer front, with Liverpool and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,134,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-4166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}