Liverpool has held conversations about a potential transfer of £ 84 million for a Bundesliga star who is also linked to Chelsea.
The Reds want to strengthen the options in advance after they run away with the Premier League in the first season of Arne Slot in Anfield.
While thanks to the sparkle of Mohamed Salah, who picked up the Premier League Golden Boot with 29 goals, they still have to capture a starter in the center propagation.
Darwin Nunez, Cody Gakpo and Diogo Jota all came there at various points in 2024-25, but none of them was consistent enough to make the place their own.
Now they try to sign a striker who is currently editing his trade in the Bundesliga, but is also coveted by Chelsea.
A possible move to England is in line for the player in question, who scored 22 goals this season in 45 games in front of his side.
Hugo Ekitike is supposed to be appreciated at around € 100 million (£ 84 million) by his current club Eintracht Frankfurt, who signed him from PSG for £ 14 million in 2024.
The German football journalist Florian Plettenberg reported for Sky Sports that Liverpool is now 'serious in the race' for the attacker.
He added that conversations have already taken place, with Slot and CEO Michael Edwards both said that they would be great admirers of Ekitike.
However, it is still thought that they are confronted with fierce competition from the blues for his signature, where Frankfurt demands the nearly three -digit sum.
The side of Enzo Maresca can choose to look somewhere else, with Liam Delap from Ipswich and RB Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko are also on Chelsea's striker.
The blues that now have an advantage compared to rivals such as Manchester United by offering Champions League football to those on which they focus.
Conversations about goals have been set to accelerate now that the domestic season has ended.
Although they have qualified for the European Elite competition, there is still a wish in Chelsea to take the best young talent in the world in their approach to buying and then cherishing the best young talent.
Ekitike finished the 2024-25 campaign as a top scorer of Frankfurt in the Bundesliga, connected to Omar Marmoush, who left in January to become a member of Manchester City.
Chelsea is given the opportunity to make signing sessions before the club World Cup after FIFA has introduced a special transfer window, which was open between 1 and 10 June.
In the ideal case, the blues would like to do business in that period, where Enzo Maresca wants to know the team with which he works on time for the run -up to the following season.