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Liverpool is lining up another marquee transfer addition, in a summer which has already seen the Reds break their own record to sign Florian Wirtz. 

In a move likely to have implications for the German's position on the pitch, an outright number nine is now being targeted in the form of Hugo Ekitike.

The world's best player even gave him his own nickname.

And Ekitike will be settling into another elite environment if he comes to Anfield.

At his current club, Eintracht Frankfurt, he was teammates with Omar Marmoush until January.

That partnership was broken up by Manchester City, who brought Marmoush to the Premier League in the winter transfer window.

Should he complete a transfer to Anfield, he and Marmoush will find themselves on opposite sides of the competitive rivalry that has defined the last decade or so of English football.

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Mohamed Salah of Liverpool and Omar Marmoush of Manchester City.

Manchester United has also monitored Ekitike's situation without ever making a decisive move, and Richard Hughes will know that Frankfurt is renowned for its strong selling.

But if Ekitike does join as expected, he will do so at a time when Liverpool is distinctly on top of the rivalry with Man City
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