{"id":20939,"date":"2025-07-19T07:18:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/20939\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T07:18:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:18:19","slug":"liverpool-optimistic-in-landing-22-goal-scorer-with-psg-clause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/20939\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Optimistic in Landing 22 Goal Scorer With PSG Clause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The transfer battle for Hugo Ekitik\u00e9 is ongoing, with Liverpool, Manchester United, and Newcastle United all in the mix. No matter where the French striker lands, Paris Saint-Germain will benefit thanks to a 20 percent sell-on clause in his contract.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/psgtalk.com\/2025\/06\/liverpool-three-striker-targets-nunez-replacement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Florian Plettenberg of Sky Sport Germany previously reported<\/a> that Ekitik\u00e9 is one of Liverpool\u2019s top attacking targets. However, the 23-year-old understands that a move to Anfield could depend on whether Darwin N\u00fa\u00f1ez is sold.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/psgtalk.com\/2025\/07\/liverpool-psg-target-eyed-nunez-replacement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">recent report from GIVE ME SPORT<\/a>, Liverpool are prepared to open talks with Eintracht Frankfurt, though any potential deal may hinge on N\u00fa\u00f1ez\u2019s future. The report also notes that Liverpool are open to negotiating, which has encouraged Frankfurt as they stick to their \u00a386 million valuation.<\/p>\n<p>With several new signings already in place, offloading N\u00fa\u00f1ez could be key to clearing space for Ekitik\u00e9, who recorded 22 goals and 12 assists in 48 appearances last season.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the latest on Liverpool securing former PSG ace<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hugo-ekitike-eintracht-frankfurt-v-1-fc-heidenheim-1846-bundesliga-2025.jpg\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-94113 has-webp\" alt=\"Hugo Ekitike\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1920\/1080;max-width:1920px\"\/>Alex Grimm\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, journalist <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JacobsBen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Ben Jacobs<\/a> reported that Liverpool are optimistic about reaching an agreement with Frankfurt for \u00c9kitik\u00e9, having already agreed to personal terms with the player. Frankfurt are known to be meticulous negotiators, and advanced talks were ongoing Friday and could continue through the weekend.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Liverpool optimistic on reaching an agreement with Frankfurt for Hugo Ekitike having already agreed terms with the player. <\/p>\n<p>Frankfurt meticulous negotiators. Advanced talks continuing today and potentially over the weekend.\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SjB6Iu4jMg\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/SjB6Iu4jMg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacobsBen\/status\/1946199104872153318?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/psgtalk.com\/2025\/07\/liverpool-six-year-contract-psg-sell-on\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">RMC Sport\u2019s\u00a0Fabrice Hawkins\u00a0reported Thursday<\/a> that \u00c9kitik\u00e9 has reached an agreement with Liverpool on a six-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>The striker is fully committed to the move and has turned down interest from Manchester United in the past 24 hours. Newcastle\u00a0have\u00a0already pulled out of discussions. Talks are still ongoing between Liverpool and Eintracht Frankfurt as the two clubs work toward a final agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The transfer battle for Hugo Ekitik\u00e9 is ongoing, with Liverpool, Manchester United, and Newcastle United all in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-20939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}