Liverpool pushing to sign “world class” £ 120k-p / w st

Liverpool won the Premier League last season, finishing ten points before Arsenal in second place. Few gave Arne Slot a chance to settle as aberrant values for the title, but he stormed the division.

And he was rewarded on the summer transfers market, with ambitious movements in FSG green for Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong and Florian Wirtz, with this latest signature by Bayer Leverkusen for a British record of 116 million pounds sterling.

Navigating the transfer market has become a much more delicate question for Liverpool after the tragic death of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva.

But the interest before Liverpool dates back to the beginning of 2025, with Darwin Nunez Transfer, while the Reds continued the title of the Premier League.

Nunez is still about to leave Liverpool, with the Al-Hilal de la Saudi Pro League among the advantages, and FSG worked to sign a replacement.

Although nothing is in stone, it seems that this replacement will be Hugo Ekitike.

The last on Hugo Ekitike in Liverpool

Liverpool seems to have won the race for Ekitike, the 23 -year -old submitting a transfer request as he seeks to move to the Merseyside.

Newcastle United was also in the mixture, but abandoned after the concrete progress of the Reds.

Ekitike’s is an unrefined set of skills, but with some adjustments here and there, it could prove an amazing signature for the cause of slot. After all, the scout of the Jacek Kulig talents noticed that it “could certainly reach levels of world class attackers”.

With 22 goals and 12 assists in name during the 2024/25 campaign, such an assertion seems to have a substance.

Friday morning, Sport Bild reported that Ekitike had linked to Frankfurt for training and, in the presentation, should join his teammates during their pre-season tour in the United States.

The Reds are getting closer to their careers, but they also have another target in their sight. You might even say that he is an upgrade of the French striker.

Liverpool aligns another striker

According to the transfer of the initiate Graeme Bailey, Liverpool still pushes to disembark Alexander Isak from Newcastle United, despite their thrust for the signing of Ekitike and, in fact, the official approach rejected for the attacker in Sweden earlier in the week.

Liverpool was willing to submit an offer of 120 million pounds sterling on the table, but the transition to the development to Ekitike in recent days is about a roadblock between Anfield and St. James’ Park.

Elsewhere, Foot Mercato revealed that Isak and Newcastle gave al-Hilal the initial green light to start discussions on an agreement that would send shock waves in the world of football.

Although this is a particular news, it may suggest that the Isak saga is not quite finished for Liverpool this summer.

Why Liverpool should sign Alexander Isak

The time was when the owners of Liverpool were widely considered to be frugal, if they were effective with their resources. But who can call FSG Misters now? Having spent a hangar on new signatures this summer, it still remains to come.

BBC journalist Sami Mokbel believes that Liverpool’s interest in Isak will remain intact, regardless of the result of the Ekitike saga. One of the underlying qualities of French talent for having bitten the interest of the slot machine is its versatility, with a net tactical spirit and an agile athletics making it, as Kulig was referring to world class.

But Isak is already there, with an Alan Shearer expert greeting his level of “world class”. Indeed, there is a case that the Swedish jewel is the best new number of the game at the moment, after having scored 27 goals and provided six assists all the competitions for the Magpies in 2024/25. Admittedly, he is the most complete, with an expert ally Mccoist saying: “In terms of his full game, he is unstoppable.”

Without a doubt, Isak would punch a heavier punch than Ekitike, certainly in the next campaign or two. Of course, the man of Frankfurt has the potential to become one of the best, but his Swedish counterpart is already there.

Newcastle signed him from Real Sociedad for what still represents an agreement of 63 million pounds from the club, and the injuries were his only weak.

Instrumental in the security of United as a high -end competitor, marking while they beat Liverpool to Wembley to raise the Carabao Cup and put an end to a 70 -year -old trophy drought, he would revolutionize a Liverpool front line already filled with high level quality.

And not just a scorer, the exhaustiveness of Isak can be observed thanks to its FBREF data. The statistics led by statistics reveals that the 25 -year -old is classified among the most strict 16% in the best European leagues last season for shooting actions, the 13% most important for progressive passes, the most important 7% for progressive races and the most important 8% for successful sockets by 90.

The fact is that Liverpool cannot afford to be so dependent on Mohamed Salah for goals, especially now that the right winger was 33 years old. In Isak, Slot would sign an attacker with a ball fracture capacity much higher than Ekitike; Admittedly, the Swedish is more efficient and economical in its efforts, with a conversion rate to be feared and an impressive rate in addition.

The attacker of £ 120,000 per week is only a year before his penultimate year in Tyneside. Then, the alarm ringtones will be yelled in the corridors of St. James park. Maybe Newcastle will want to collect for a nice penny while they can still.

Newcastle, it is sure, know that Liverpool is ready to break the British transfer record (still) before the summer. And from the Reds point of view, the sports director Richard Hughes will do everything he can to get there, because Isak is the cream of the harvest and would certainly arrive as a more accomplished and complete player than Ekitike.

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