Liverpool has completed the recruitment of striker Hugo Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt for nearly £ 80 million.
The young French star Ekitike became the next rookie landing at Anfield in the vibrant summer of coach Arne Slot, after remarkable contracts like Jeremie Frimpong, Florian Wirtz and Milos Kerkez.
Liverpool has reached an agreement with Frankfurt at £ 69 million, with 10 million pounds of surcharges, bringing the total value of the deal can be up to £ 79 million for the French U21 striker. Liverpool announced that Ekitike would fly to Hong Kong (China) this weekend to join the army with the whole team during the trip before the season in Asia.
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Earlier, Ekitike has reached the sights of Man United and Newcastle after the explosion season in the Bundesliga with 15 goals and 8 assists in 33 matches, and helped Frankfurt reached the quarter -finals of the Europa League.
Sports Director Markus Krösche of Frankfurt shared: “This is a beautiful story for Ekitike and Eintracht Frankfurt when he was transferred to one of the top European teams, with ambition and great opportunity. Hugo deserves this deal, and it shows that we can afford to develop talented players.”
In addition, Frankfurt will have to re -divide 20% of the total value of the deal for PSG, the former team of Ekitike according to the terms of resale were pre -installed in the transfer contract in February 2024.