Despite signing Jeremie Frimpong and closing in on deals to sign Florian Wirtz and Milos Kerkez, Liverpool are now reportedly set to hold “more contacts” to sign an £84m striker.
FSG spending early and big for Liverpool
Rightly or wrongly, FSG have often come under criticism at Anfield as clubs elsewhere spend big and leave Liverpool to build their own cheaper alternatives.
Even after Jurgen Klopp turned those cheaper stars into a squad of Premier League and Champions League winners, John Henry still hesitated to splash the cash at the levels that some around the Reds were showing, and that always left Klopp fighting an underdog battle against Pep Guardiola’s Man City side.
This time around, however, something has changed. Liverpool are once again Premier League winners, but FSG aren’t just sitting back and admiring their latest success. Instead, they’ve seemingly handed Michael Edwards a hefty war chest to go and make sure that Arne Slot’s side have everything in place to retain their fresh crown next season.
Edwards has wasted no time before putting that war chest to good use, either. Frimpong’s Liverpool move is already signed, sealed and official, whilst his former Bayer Leverkusen teammate Wirtz is the subject of a club-record move. And if that’s not impressive enough, the Reds are also pushing to sign Bournemouth left-back Kerkez.
There’s still an entire summer transfer window to come even after those three potential arrive and Liverpool may not be done there. Slot still needs to solve his striker problem amid Darwin Nunez’s continued Anfield struggles and could yet welcome an impressive Bundesliga talent in yet another big-money Liverpool deal.
According to Fabrizio Romano, Liverpool are set to hold “more contacts” to sign Hugo Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt in a deal worth as much as £84m over the coming days. The Frenchman has enjoyed an excellent season in the Bundesliga and could now be part of a sensational summer of spending at Anfield.
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Romano told his YouTube channel, relayed by Rousing the Kop: “Chelsea remain informed on the situation, also Liverpool. Liverpool are also attentive to the situation of Hugo Ekitike. So, these two clubs have already made some contacts to be informed on the situation.
“The idea for Hugo Ekitike is to have more contacts in the next days with Chelsea and also Liverpool. Liverpool are very busy in this moment, it’s not Ekitike joining tomorrow morning, but with Darwin Nunez expected to leave, Ekitike is a player appreciated.”
Whilst there may be some concerns about how he has underperformed his expected goals, football talent scout Jacek Kulig was right when describing Ekitike’s season as “superb”, and now he could be on his way to Anfield.
