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Liverpool have been linked with a whole host of players already this summer, despite the transfer window not being fully open just yet.

Jeremie Frimpong is already a Liverpool player, with moves for Florian Wirtz and Bournemouth’s Milos Kerkez progressing nicely.

Each of the players who have arrived at Liverpool or look set to make the move thus far are for different areas of Arne Slot’s team that needed strengthening ahead of the 2025-26 season.

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Alongside these targets, the Anfield outfit seem to be in the market for a new number nine with Darwin Nunez’s future at the club still up in the air.

One of the many striker targets that Liverpool have been linked with is Eintracht Frankfurt’s Hugo Ekitike.

The young Frenchman has been in fine form for the Bundesliga side this season, with both Liverpool and Chelsea rumoured to be interested in acquiring his services.

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“In terms of Ekitike, I’ve spoken to Thierry about him a lot and he says he’s a really, not frustrating player, but one minute he looks amazing and then the next minute he doesn’t really do the basics very well,” he said.

“But he said if he gets it right, and he improves, his ceiling could be very, very high.

“For Liverpool, it depends [on] how they want to play, do they want a striker who is going to stretch, or do they want a striker who is going to come to feet and interlink play, and that’s the only thing.

“Ekitike is not bad on the ball, but he’s more of a stretch striker really than a Firmino, coming in deep and linking play.

“Where does Wirtz fit into that, where does Szoboszlai fit into that, where does Diaz potentially fit into that.

The young Frenchman is the striker who has mainly been linked with the Anfield outfit, but the fact that Frankfurt are asking for a fee worth around £100million for Ekitike seems rather steep.
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