{"id":4257,"date":"2025-07-17T04:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T04:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/4257\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T04:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T04:47:11","slug":"liverpool-could-hijack-move-for-newcastle-transfer-target-after-making-alexander-isak-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/4257\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool could hijack move for Newcastle transfer target after making Alexander Isak approach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool are looking to continue their blockbuster summer transfer window with a move for French forward Hugo Ekitike.<\/p>\n

Newcastle have already submitted a bid for the Eintracht Frankfurt forward, but now The Athletic claim the Reds have also made contact<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Frankfurt have a healthy Newcastle offer for Ekitike and now Liverpool are getting involvedCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

The Magpies had a \u00a365million offer rejected for the 23-year-old who had a career-best 22-goal season last time out.<\/p>\n

talkSPORT understands that Frankfurt executives are sticking to their \u20ac100m (\u00a387m) valuation for the forward who, up until last season, had failed to live up to high expectations.<\/p>\n

Blasting onto the scene with boyhood club Reims in 2021, Ekitike was pencilled in as a future France star but didn\u2019t live up to the hype with a failed move to Paris Saint-Germain<\/a> coming with very little game time.<\/p>\n

Now he\u2019s attracting the attention of some of the Premier League\u2019s best, with champions Liverpool<\/a> now entering the frame.<\/p>\n

The Reds are on the lookout for a new striker with Darwin Nunez on the market<\/a> and valued at \u00a359m.<\/p>\n

As a prelude to their Ekitike interest, Liverpool have indicated to Newcastle that they would be willing to pay a British record \u00a3120m for star striker Alexander Isak<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Magpies, though, value the player at \u00a3150m.<\/p>\n

Yet as it stands, both Isak and Ekitike are being valued by their current employers well above what Liverpool are willing to pay.<\/p>\n

Explaining the Ekiteke situation in more detail, talkSPORT\u2019s Ben Jacobs said: \u201cAt the moment he\u2019s \u20ac100m and Frankfurt are sticking to that price.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Chelsea realise if they just wait a little bit until later in the summer that price may drop.<\/p>\n

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The former PSG man is good, but he’s not \u20ac100m good according to Liverpool and NewcastleCredit: Getty\"Ekitike<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ekitike is finally living up to his huge potential from his Reims days, but has just one season to show for itCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re hearing a lot of noise out of Germany to create a bidding war.<\/p>\n

“It wouldn\u2019t surprise me if Liverpool don\u2019t get Isak and eventually give up that they move on and that Ekitike is high in their thinking.<\/p>\n

\u201cLater in the window that price might drop from \u20ac100m to somewhere close to \u20ac85m which is when the likes of maybe Chelsea and Liverpool might finally make their move.\u201d<\/p>\n

Such a move for either striker would continue what\u2019s already been a blockbuster summer for Liverpool who have spent close to \u00a3200m after their league title win last season.<\/p>\n

Arne Slot\u2019s side responded to the loss of Trent Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid by bringing in a new right back in Jeremie Frimpong, and they then added his former Bayer Leverkusen teammate Florian Wirtz for a British record \u00a3116m.<\/p>\n

Milos Kerkez was next through the door for \u00a340m, and talkSPORT understands the club are interested in Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi after selling academy product Jarell Quansah to Leverkusen.<\/p>\n

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Liverpool have already had a remarkable summer window without even signing a striker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are looking to continue their blockbuster summer transfer window with a move for French forward Hugo Ekitike.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1953,2727,59,942,2726,708,2725,1767,2059,2728,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-4257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-alexander-isak","tag-ekitike-to-liverpool","tag-gb","tag-hugo-ekitike","tag-isak-to-liverpool","tag-liverpool","tag-liverpool-news","tag-liverpool-transfer-news","tag-newcastle","tag-newcastle-transfer-news","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4257","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=4257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}