Shock Liverpool exit rumour emerges regarding £79m star player who "can do everything"

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Liverpool star Hugo Ekitike has been linked with a shock move away from the club this summer, with Real Madrid reportedly eyeing him up. And I did the game.

I just watched him and I watched his movement. How he comes off, his timing of his movement and soft touches.

The timing of his runs, the opposite movement, the finishing.” Ekitike is surely one of Liverpool’s most prized assets moving forward, but according to a worrying fresh claim from TEAMtalk, Madrid are keen on signing him in the summer transfer window. The Spanish giants are thought to be “firmly tracking his rapid development” for the Reds, and he has “climbed sharply up their internal rankings in recent months.” The report goes on to add that Ekitike is seen by Madrid as “one of the most promising young forwards in world football”, with his overall profile “fitting their long-term succession planning in attack.” Liverpool cannot afford to lose Hugo Ekitike this summer There are likely to be summer departures alongside Mohamed Salah at Liverpool this summer – Andy Robertson could also leave, for example – but Ekitike simply cannot afford to be one of them.