Ian Doyle with the Liverpool player ratings and scores after the second friendly match against Athletic Bilbao at Anfield Ian Doyle has covered Liverpool for more than 20 years, following them across Europe in multiple Champions League and Europa League finals and as far afield as Thailand, Singapore, the United States, Hong Kong and Qatar, and has reported on the …
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Liverpool beat Spanish side Athletic Club twice in the space of five hours on Monday night, with Rio Ngumoha one of those to star in the Anfield friendlies. Liverpool 4-1 Athletic Club Pre-season Friendly (5) | AnfieldAugust 4, 2025 Goals: Ngumoha 2′, Nunez 5′, Doak 43′, Elliott 58′; Guruzeta 76′ Liverpool 3-2 Athletic Club Pre-season Friendly (6) | AnfieldAugust 4, …
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Chelsea explored a move. Newcastle United were confident they would conclude a deal, and Manchester United considered a belated bid. Ultimately, Hugo Ekitike has chosen Liverpool as his new home. He is leaving Eintracht Frankfurt having signed a six-year contract at Anfield and in a deal that could, if all conditions are met, eventually rise to about £79million ($107m), taking …
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Liverpool have today officially completed the signing of Eintracht Frankfurt’s 23-year-old French striker Hugo Ekitike in a deal that could see the Reds eventually pay £79M inclusive of add-ons to bring in the rising star. Ekitike arrives on Merseyside off the back of a breakout Bundesliga season that saw the forward score 22 goals and add 12 assists in 48 …
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Hugo Ekitike completes move to Liverpool in £79m deal The Times Hugo Ekitike: Liverpool sign Eintracht Frankfurt striker BBC Liverpool agree deal to sign Hugo Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt Liverpool FC Hugo Ekitike joins Liverpool: Eintracht Frankfurt striker completes £79m transfer to Premier League champions Sky Sports Will Ekitike be a Liverpool hit or flop? Why he’s so hard to scout ESPN Source link
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Ryan O’HanlonJul 22, 2025, 08:52 AM ET Close Ryan O’Hanlon is a staff writer for ESPN.com. He’s also the author of “Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution.” Hugo Ekitike is going to be a superstar. Hugo Ekitike is going to be a bust. Depending on how hard I squint, I can pretty easily convince myself that either of …
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Liverpool’s big money signing of Eintracht Frankfurt’s rising star 23-year-old striker Hugo Ekitike appears to be all but officially done today, around 24 hours after news that a transfer fee had been agreed and a week after news of the advancing transfer broke. Previous news of a fee agreement had come primarily it seemed from the German side. Today’s is …
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Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitiké is on his way to Liverpool for a medical exam per Sky Germany journalist Florian Plettenberg: Hugo #Ekitike has been given the green light to travel to Liverpool today for his medical. Eintracht are receiving €90 million guaranteed plus €5 million in potential add-ons. Contract until 2031. #LFC A full agreement between the clubs was …
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Along with Wirtz and the two new full-backs, Ekitike points to a different Liverpool set-up. In 2024-25, some 47 of Liverpool’s 86 goals (55%) were scored or assisted by Mohamed Salah, who ran the right wing almost on his own as Alexander-Arnold drifted inside. By contrast, Frimpong is a very attacking, very wide right-back. That should take some of the …
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Liverpool appear to have their big striker signing of the 2025 summer transfer window, with 23-year-old French forward Hugo Ekitike set to arrive from Eintracht Frankfurt in the coming days in a deal that could end up worth between €90-95M (£78-82M) with add-ons. Widespread reports from England and Germany have the two clubs agreeing a fee, with the English reports …
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