Liverpool may miss out on Hugo Ekitike this summer season, with Chelsea advancing.
The Merseysiders are understood to be available in the market for a brand new striker alongside the Blues.
Arne Slot’s males will seemingly offload certainly one of Diogo Jota or Darwin Nunez, with the London-based outfit likewise seeking to half methods with Christopher Nkunku.
For now, Chelsea are understood to carry the benefit over Liverpool for Ekitike.
Chelsea pushing to beat Liverpool to Hugo Ekitike
(Photograph by Markus Gilliar/Getty Pictures)
Liverpool’s want for striker reinforcements has been fairly well-established over the course of the 2024/25 marketing campaign.
Mo Salah has achieved some heavy lifting, so far as aim contributions are involved, while each Cody Gakpo and Luis Diaz have loved optimistic campaigns.
Now we have to take a critical take a look at each Jota and Nunez, nonetheless, who’ve fallen under par. The previous, one would possibly argue, nonetheless has a future at Anfield offered he can get in a stable pre-season.
The latter’s days really feel somewhat numbered in contrast, with the Uruguayan merely not assembly Arne Slot’s excessive technical requirements.
With that in thoughts, Reds throughout the globe face a nervous wait over the way forward for Hugo Ekitike, with Frankfurt understood to be open to a sale.
Certainly, Florian Plettenberg has reported on X (previously Twitter) that Chelsea are ‘pushing’ to ‘finalise the deal’, with Liverpool nonetheless within the image.
⤵️✔️ Chelsea are pushing and need to finalise the deal – however Liverpool are additionally there. #CFC #LFC https://t.co/mkkkmi06O2
— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) June 5, 2025
Extra Tales about Hugo Ekitike
Liverpool may additionally pursue Viktor Gyokeres
For the way lengthy we’re set to stay within the image for Ekitike stays to be seen.
We quite suspect Frankfurt gained’t need to be rushed right into a sale forward of the closing of the primary provisional window on June 10. It’ll then reopen on June 16, which can give us on a regular basis we have to finalise offers for Milos Kerkez and Florian Wirtz earlier than turning consideration to the Frankfurt striker.
In case Chelsea do handle to strike a deal, nonetheless, it’s not essentially the top of the world for our recruitment group.
Arsenal are seemingly eager on Benjamin Sesko, while Manchester United proceed to carry curiosity in Viktor Gyokeres. There’s additionally the skin possibility of Victor Osimhen in the marketplace.
Gamers
Targets
xG
xG per 90
Victor Osimhen
26
23.8
0.93
Viktor Gyokeres
39
30.95
0.99
Hugo Ekitike
15
21.67
0.84
* Stats from the 2024/25 league season, courtesy of Sofascore
We’d hasten to stress that each Osimhen and, to a lesser diploma, Gyokeres play in objectively weaker leagues by comparability to Hugo Ekitike.
On that foundation, we’d anticipate their numbers to say no extra notably following a transfer to the Premier League.
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