Hugo Ekitike will be the new center of Liverpool after the Reds had agreed a six -year contract with the French attacker, who was the target of Newcastle United
Liverpool agreed the conditions with Eintracht Frankfurt Vooruit Hugo Ekitike and will make the Frenchman the newest new addition to their busy summer.
Ekitike said yes on a move to Anfield and will sign a six-year-old deal, with the Reds that the Newcastle offer on the 23-year-old Spiert after also a study of Magpies star Alexander Isak.
The signing of Ekitike will take the expenditure from the champions to the north of £ 250 million since they have won the Premier League, but although he has a release clause of £ 86.5 million in his contract, Liverpool a deal for less agree.
The move for Ekitike comes after Newcastle has made a bullish attempt to sign the attacker, who scored 22 goals last season and rejected the Magpies in the past.
Newcastle hurt to announce that they were planning Ekitike to collaborate with the current No.9 Isak, where Liverpool effectively called their bluff by registering an interest in the Swede and following plans to sign Ekitike.
The Reds indicated that they would be willing to close a deal at around £ 120 million for Isak, while Newcastle at the same time saw their £ 70 million bid for Ekitike rejected by Frankfurt.
Encouraged by the knowledge that Ekitike wants to join them and do not want to be aware of a transfer saga about Isak, Liverpool will now try to take out a deal for Ekitike before they leave Asia on their pre-season tour next week.
Manchester United is also strongly connected to a move for Ekitike, who still has to win a senior cap for France, but has scored five goals in five games for them under 21 years old.
His arrival will effectively indicate the end of Darwin Nunez's Liverpool career after three seasons, despite the fact that the Uruguayan saw a move to Napoli in -order earlier this week.
Nunez is still the target of the Italian and Saudi Aarabic clubs, with the Reds hopefully selling for around £ 70 million.
The arrival of Ekitike would be the third new addition that Liverpool made of the Bundesliga this season, after he also broken up the Bayer Leverkusen -Paar Florian Wirtz and Jeremie Frimpong.
Left-back Milos Kerkez also arrived from Bournemouth, while goalkeeper Giorgi Mhamardashvili from Valencia arrived in a deal that was initially agreed last summer.