Real 'hope' over wirtz transfer emerges amid ekitike to liverpool latest

THE LATEST LIVERPOOL TRANSFER RUMOURS, AS REPORTS ABOUT FLORIAN WIRTZ AND HUGO EKITIKE ARE EMERGING AMID REPUTED INTEREST FROM REAL MADRID AND CHELSEA RESPECTIVELY MATTHEW ABBOTT 04:00, 29

May 2025 The summer transfer window is now just four days away from opening for the first of two times this year. Sunday is when the market will be open for all of ten days. The window will

then close again for a week until June 16, when it re-opens and runs through to deadline day on September 1. The stop-start nature of this summer is due to the Club World Cup. Despite their

lack of involvement in the expanded tournament, it appears Liverpool will make the most of this exceptional registration period. Here is a round-up of the latest transfer news: EKITIKE

ENQUIRY The Reds will reportedly receive an update on Hugo Ekitike over the coming days about the conditions necessary to sign the Eintracht Frankfurt striker. GIVEMESPORT claims it will

cost the club circa £84 million, with the Bundesliga side said to be confident a team will meet their asking price rather than having to lower their demands. Liverpool are reputedly behind

Chelsea among potential suitors after purportedly only showing tentative interest that is not as strong as the Blues. Arsenal are also said to have shown interest in the France under-21

international amid their apparent focus on Benjamin Sesko and Viktor Gyokeres. WIRTZ WORRY Real Madrid reportedly still believe they have a chance of signing Florian Wirtz ahead of the

Reds., with reports saying the club 'hasn't lost hope' of securing a deal. AS claims the Spanish club are not "throwing in the towel" despite Liverpool's

advantageous position, highlighting new head coach Xabi Alonso's experience of working with Wirtz at Bayer Leverkusen being a different card Madrid has to play. They acknowledge that

"the final word has yet to be said" underneath the headline "Wirtz is not impossible". Article continues below Their stance is reputedly that there is a possibility and a

game to play as long as the signing is still not finalised. As for Leverkusen, they gave the latest on their star player earlier this week, with managing director Simon Rolfes saying at a

press conference: "It's currently an open subject with Florian. "There is concrete interest from Liverpool, but there’s no more to say right now. Florian is our player."