{"id":140636,"date":"2025-05-29T05:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T05:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/140636\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T05:50:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T05:50:12","slug":"real-madrid-hope-over-florian-wirtz-transfer-emerges-amid-hugo-ekitike-to-liverpool-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/140636\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid &#8216;hope&#8217; over Florian Wirtz transfer emerges amid Hugo Ekitike to Liverpool latest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Liverpool transfer rumours, as reports about Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike are emerging amid reputed interest from Real Madrid and Chelsea respectively<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_Bayer-04-Leverkusen-v-1-FC-Union-Berlin-Bundesliga.jpg\" alt=\"Florian Wirtz pointing while playing in a Bundesliga match for Bayer Leverkusen at BayArena and the Liverpool club crest\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Florian Wirtz reportedly remains of interest to Real Madrid despite Bayer Leverkusen being in negotiations with Liverpool over a move(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The summer transfer window is now just four days away from opening for the first of two times this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Sunday is when the market will be open for all of ten days. The window will then close again for a week until June 16, when it re-opens and runs through to deadline day on September 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The stop-start nature of this summer is due to the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/fifa-club-world-cup\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Club World CupLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Club World Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Despite their lack of involvement in the expanded tournament, it appears <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/liverpool-fc\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"LiverpoolLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> will make the most of this exceptional registration period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Here is a round-up of the latest <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/liverpool-fc-transfer-news\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"transfer newsLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">transfer news<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Ekitike enquiry<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Reds will reportedly receive an update on Hugo Ekitike over the coming days about the conditions necessary to sign the Eintracht Frankfurt striker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/liverpool-transfer-news-set-discover-required-terms-sign-hugo-ekitike-anfield\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GIVEMESPORTLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">GIVEMESPORT<\/a> claims it will cost the club circa \u00a384 million, with the Bundesliga side said to be confident a team will meet their asking price rather than having to lower their demands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Liverpool are reputedly behind <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/chelsea-fc\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"ChelseaLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelsea<\/a> among potential suitors after purportedly only showing tentative interest that is not as strong as the Blues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/arsenal-fc\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"ArsenalLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Arsenal<\/a> are also said to have shown interest in the France under-21 international amid their apparent focus on Benjamin Sesko and Viktor Gyokeres.<\/p>\n<p>Wirtz worry<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/real-madrid\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Real MadridLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Madrid<\/a> reportedly still believe they have a chance of signing <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/florian-wirtz\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Florian WirtzLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Florian Wirtz<\/a> ahead of the Reds., with reports saying the club &#8216;hasn&#8217;t lost hope&#8217; of securing a deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/as.com\/futbol\/primera\/wirtz-no-es-imposible-n\/?id_externo_rsoc=CM_ES_TW\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"ASLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">AS<\/a> claims the Spanish club are not &#8220;throwing in the towel&#8221; despite Liverpool&#8217;s advantageous position, highlighting new head coach <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/xabi-alonso\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Xabi AlonsoLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Xabi Alonso<\/a>&#8216;s experience of working with Wirtz at Bayer Leverkusen being a different card Madrid has to play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They acknowledge that &#8220;the final word has yet to be said&#8221; underneath the headline &#8220;Wirtz is not impossible&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Their stance is reputedly that there is a possibility and a game to play as long as the signing is still not finalised.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">As for Leverkusen, they gave the latest on their star player earlier this week, with managing director Simon Rolfes saying at a press conference: &#8220;It&#8217;s currently an open subject with Florian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;There is concrete interest from Liverpool, but there\u2019s no more to say right now. Florian is our player.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest Liverpool transfer rumours, as reports about Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike are emerging amid reputed interest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,2912,4884,179,763,1596,544,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-140636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-florian-wirtz","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-liverpool-fc","14":"tag-liverpool-fc-transfer-news","15":"tag-real-madrid","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114589559904942423","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}