Chelsea is not willing to meet the asking price of £ 84 million of £ 84 million from Eintracht Frankfurt for striker Hugo Ekitike, who is enthusiastic this summer about a move to Stamford Bridge
Sources close to Eintracht Frankfurt Striker Hugo Ekitike have indicated that conversations with Chelsea with personal conditions are now advanced. The high-year-old 22-year-old has also attracted Liverpool's attention after reaching 22 goals in all competitions last season in Germany.
Chelsea has now held the first discussions with Frankfurt during a deal, but the blues have made it clear that they are not prepared to match the steep £ 84 million (€ 100 million) of the Bundesliga outfit (€ 100 million) and moreover they also have other options on their radar and RB Leipziges Benjamin.
Eintracht is of the opinion that they are in a strong negotiating position after securing the qualification of the Champions League and after £ 59 million from Manchester City for attacker Omar Marmoush in January, they feel no immediate pressure to sell.
The winners of the UEFA Conference League of Enzo Maresca remain interested in Ekitike, despite the fact that he catches the £ 30 million of the striker Liam Delap on Wednesday evening of Ipswich Town Liam Delap.
In recent weeks they have held various conversations with Ekitike with the representatives of Ekitike and the player is enthusiastic about a move to Stamford Bridge, which can be affected a club-to-club agreement between the parties.
Newcastle agreed to a £ 25.6 million deal to sign the France U21 International in June 2022 before he later moved to Paris Saint-Germain, which are entitled to 20 percent of the power profit thanks to a sales clause.
Ekitike recently withdrew from the France U21 team for the European championships because of a back problem, because Les Bleus Medical Staff did not feel that the striker would be ready to appear from the start of the tournament.
Frankfurt's notoriously stubborn negotiators and Chelsea will only continue if they think a deal can be closed on realistic conditions. At the moment the image is somewhat complex, but the expectation remains that Ekitike will leave Eintracht this summer.
The German club is also interested in two stress citizens, the Swedish forward Sebastian Nanasi and Dilane Bakwa and they have also followed Emanuel Emegha over the past 12 months. However, suggestions Chelsea could try to use stress citizens in a potential deal for Ekitike is considered hypothetically at this stage.
Van Emegha is expected to stay in Strasbourg this summer, despite the widespread interest of both the Premier League and Europe and Chelsea, it is supposed to consider negotiating a pre-agreement for the Dutchman to move to West London in 2026.
Delap, who has been handed over the Chelsea No.9 shirt, is the third summer drawing of the club after the recordings of Estevao Willian van Palmeiras and Sporting's Dario Essugo.
In the meantime, Chelsea England-U21-Vleugel player Jamie Bynoe-Gittens continues to chase after opening conversations with Borussia Dortmund and are still open to signing AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan, reducing the Rossoneri.
Maignan is supposed to be open to Chelsea this summer, but the blues are now willing to pay the chances for the 29-year-old, since he is approaching the last 12 months of his contract in San Siro.