Hugo Ekitike (not playing for Liverpool for a while)

[JP]

Already clubs willing to pay higher?

 

Yet not willing enough to bid.

 

Trying to squeeze the last few mill out of us but i think it gets done.

 

[gbandit]

4 minutes ago, BottledDog said:

 

[Elliottman]

I imagine that is yesterdays news, things will be a lot more advanced. 

[Fenham Mag]

This has €80 million plus €5m written all over it.

[Miggys First Goal]

Just select less payments and higher amount on Klarna and get this shit put to bed. 

[Mazzy]

1 minute ago, Fenham Mag said:

This has €80 million plus €5m written all over it.

 

Had a similar thought.  £70M + £5M feels like it does it. 

[Eveready]

This could be about the structure of the payments.  As much as you would expect us to leverage PIF's strong cash position, it doesn't appear to be the case that we're doing so.  At least in the past.

 

When we bought Pope from Burnley, they used invoice factoring from Macquaire to advance the cash payments that were due in instalments:

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/burnley-cash-payments-newcastle-uniteds-24567607

 

It's unlikely to be injected as SHL with the new fair market value on interest and if all the cash is coming from PIF, then they would have to agree the club valuation and what equity they would receive with RB.

[GeordieDazzler]

Give them Osula on loan to sweeten the deal

[HayDen Traces]

First bid is never going to be accepted and we know it. Its just the marker in the sand to negotiate from

[Checko]

Offer 5% sell on of profits, arrange friendly, £150 million buyback clause, bonus on winning the champions league

[Fenham Mag]

3 minutes ago, GeordieDazzler said:

Give them Osula on loan to sweeten the deal

 

Who else will post the W's in the chat?

[Stottie]

The only info I can glean here is that Ekitike has accepted personal terms from us and we've made a strong initial bid that was rejected. 80 vs. 100 isn't bad, and more than Bayern Munich just offered for Diaz (67 vs. 100).

 

The stuff about other clubs sounds like speculation/wishing thinking by Frankfurt who sound like they are leaking to the German press.

With other bona fide interest, I don't see why it would be easy to get Ekitike to accept personal terms.

 

There was talk of both Nunez and Jota out before Jota's death, so Liverpool not moving on Ekitike and leaving the market open for him would be amateurish, if he were indeed their no. 1 target. Sealing the deal on your CF would be much higher priority than a left back.

[TK-421]

'Primarily about structure of payments'

Promising, hopefully a bit re-structuring and this gets agreed.

Hopefully. 

 

 

Edited July 15, 2025 by TK-421

[Gaztoon]

25 minutes ago, Joe_F said:

Yeah, fuck off and explore somewhere else

 

What do they think Isak's market value is is they think Hugo's is getting to high 🤣🤣

[Joe1984]

2 minutes ago, TK-421 said:

'Primarily about structure of payments'

Promising, hopefully a bit re-structuring and this gets agreed.

Hopefully. 

 

 

 

Chelsea will swoop in. Just watch...

[HayDen Traces]

4 minutes ago, Checko said:

Offer 5% sell on of profits, arrange friendly, £150 million buyback clause, bonus on winning the champions league

It will be more about guaranteed up front money vs how much we're adding on 

[HayDen Traces]

Just now, Joe1984 said:

Chelsea will swoop in. Just watch...

Nah

[Mazzy]

Are footballers like Guinea Pigs? If we get Ekitike, do we need to sign another Frenchman so he has a friend? 

 

 

Edited July 15, 2025 by Mazzy

[Nucasol]

Just now, HayDen Traces said:

Nah

They’d be gambling on selling Jackson if they did. Exactly the type of shit they would gamble on. They’ve shown UEFA have no teeth and they can find any amount of loop holes they want to the PL rules, so don’t rule it out.

[relámpago blanco]

16 minutes ago, Fenham Mag said:

 

According to exclusive information from Sky Sport, Eintracht Frankfurt reportedly rejected a written offer from Newcastle United for €80 million on Tuesday morning – primarily due to the payment terms, which SGE did not agree to. ❌ ↪️ At €80 million, Ekitike would already become the Magpies' record transfer. In 2022/23, Newcastle paid €70 million for former Borussia Dortmund player Alexander Isak. The Premier League club hasn't paid more to date. ↪️ Eintracht sporting director Markus Krösche wants more, however. There are clubs that have already indicated they would be willing to pay a higher sum. The poker game is on.

His release clause is 86M.  This gets done irrespective imo as how we structure the deal doesnt really matter if we pay all up front if we do have endless cash but just cant spend it due to FFP.  The only difference is performance-related clauses.  Which we absolutely should have in as if they won't sign a deal saying you'll get an extra 5 million once hes scored 10 then 20 goals, then hes not worth 86M

[Swissmag]

42 minutes ago, GeordieDazzler said:

Struggling to find a decent Frankfurt message board 

 

community.eintracht.de/forum

 

[madras]

2 minutes ago, Mazzy said:

Are footballers like Guinea Pigs? If we get Ekitike, do we need to sign another Frenchman so he has a friend? 

 

 

 

Plenty of French speakers and Elanga's dad is Cameroonian, like Hugo's.

[Alberto2005]

2 minutes ago, relámpago blanco said:

His release clause is 86M.  This gets done irrespective imo as how we structure the deal doesnt really matter if we pay all up front if we do have endless cash but just cant spend it due to FFP.  The only difference is performance-related clauses.  Which we absolutely should have in as if they won't sign a deal saying you'll get an extra 5 million once hes scored 10 then 20 goals, then hes not worth 86M

Isn't his release £86m and we've offered around £69m?

[RS]

Imagine being used as a pawn for the third time to grease the wheels for a move to arsenal. 

[Ketsbaia]

£70m is already a lot, like. 

 

As exciting as the bid is, let's not go too high.