{"id":89393,"date":"2025-05-10T06:38:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T06:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/89393\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T06:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T06:38:09","slug":"hugo-ekitike-transfer-update-as-liverpool-confident-in-completing-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/89393\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugo Ekitike transfer update as Liverpool &#8216;confident&#8217; in completing signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Latest Liverpool transfer news and gossip with updates on Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike and Bournemouth defender Milos Kerkez<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1_GettyImages-2197367648.jpg\" alt=\"Liverpool continue to be linked with Hugo Ekitike of Eintracht Frankfurt\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Liverpool continue to be linked with Hugo Ekitike of Eintracht Frankfurt(Image: Photo by Elianton\/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)<\/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\/liverpool-fc\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Liverpool Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool <\/a>have a month to wait before they can officially go into the transfer market for new signings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">With the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/barclays-premier-league\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> title wrapped up, the Reds are likely to already have an eye on next season and the preparations that go with it. That will include the summer transfer window and which players they will look to target to strengthen the squad.<\/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\/arne-slot\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Arne SlotLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Arne Slot<\/a> will welcome <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/giorgi-mamardashvili\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Giorgi Mamardashvili Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Giorgi Mamardashvili <\/a>to the Liverpool squad this summer following his spell at Valencia. After that, rumours have already been swirling, claiming to provide updates on the players who may or may not be targets for the Reds.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/bayern-munich-regret-77m-liverpool-31611390\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bayern Munich regret \u00a377m Liverpool mistake as brutal irony laid bare<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/ibrahima-konate-liverpool-future-takes-31610788\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ibrahima Konate Liverpool future takes new twist after Arsenal make huge contract decision<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Here, the ECHO takes a look at some 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=\"Liverpool transfer newsLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool transfer news<\/a> and gossip that has generated headlines over the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Hugo Ekitike update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Liverpool have been handed a boost amid continued rumours linking them with a move for Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Fabrizio Romano has reported on X, formerly known as <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/twitter\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, that Ekitike has decided to leave Frankfurt at the end of the season, amid reports that Liverpool are one of several clubs interested in the striker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The report claims that numerous unnamed Premier League clubs have already expressed an interest in signing Ekitike when the summer transfer window opens, although it remains to be seen if Liverpool are one of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It has also been claimed that Ekitike will make a decision about where he will be playing his football next season once the campaign is over.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Milos Kerkez latest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Liverpool have been sent an update about the future of Bournemouth defender Milos Kerkez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Football Insider have reported that the Reds are &#8220;confident&#8221; that they can complete a move to sign Kerkez when the summer transfer window opens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Rumours have been swirling for months claiming that Liverpool are showing an interest in signing Kerkez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/andy-robertson-makes-honest-admission-31240702\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"ECHO have previously reportedLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">ECHO have previously reported<\/a> that Kerkez is on Liverpool&#8217;s shortlist of targets this summer, but is not the only player being considered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Latest Liverpool transfer news and gossip with updates on Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike and Bournemouth defender Milos&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,763,1596,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-89393","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-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-liverpool-fc","13":"tag-liverpool-fc-transfer-news","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114482164919297922","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89393","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=89393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}