Frankfurt has unsurprisingly announced that Hugo Ekitike will not travel to the United States for the Bundesliga club's pre-season tour.

Ekitike is closing in on a big-money transfer to Liverpool after the Reds agreed to pay an initial $93 million for the striker with another $13 million to come in possible add-ons.

Frankfurt announced its squad for the tour alongside the accompanying statement: "Junior Dina Ebimbe, Aurelio Buta, Hrvoje Smolcic, Mo Dahoud and Hugo Ekitike have been released for talks with other clubs and will not travel to the training camp."

There will be more to follow on this breaking news story and Liverpool.com will bring you the very latest updates, pictures and video as soon as possible.

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