Liverpool have fully agreed a record-breaking fee with Eintracht Frankfurt for striker Hugo Ekitike, who is set to undergo a medical soon.

Ekitike’s former youth coach Jean-Philippe, AKA ‘Nano’, spoke with GOAL in 2021 and explained some of the qualities he exuded as a young boy, which have continued into his playing career as an adult.

Darwin Nunez showed Liverpool manager Arne Slot that he still has plenty left to offer by scoring a hat-trick in a secret pre-season friendly against Stoke City on Sunday. Liverpool welcomed the Championship side to the AXA Training Centre as they continued the preparations for their Premier League title defence.

Liverpool thumped Stoke City 5–0 in a behind-closed-doors friendly which also marked Florian Wirtz’s unofficial debut.

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Liverpool are said to have reacted to Newcastle shutting the door on Isak talks by launching a bid for Ekitike, and Fabrizio Romano reports on Thursday morning that they are now ahead of the Magpies in the race to sign the French forward. The Reds expect to sign Ekitike if all hopes of an Isak deal end.

Liverpool is closing in on a deal to sign Hugo Ekitike and if the Reds' track record in the transfer market over the last 10 years is anything to go by, he will probably be a roaring success