90 million! Congratulations to Liverpool! The sixth sign in the summer window was born, and the 23-year-old star joined at a high price

Time flies, and it's just a sudden thing. Before we knew it, half of the time has passed in the seventh month of 2025. For world football, especially European football, after the end of the Club World Cup and the new season has not yet restarted, the summer transfer market trends will become the news that fans are most concerned about every day

In this summer window, many giants have made more or less strengthened the lineup, and among them, the strengthening of Premier League teams must be more eye-catching. Manchester United won Cunha and Mbeoumo in succession; Manchester City signed Sherki, Nuri, Reindes in one fell swoop; Gittens, Drapp, Pedro and other demon stars turned to Chelsea; as for Liverpool, it may be attracting attention. Wiltz, Rodrigo, Ekitic, Flynnon, Kelkez and other stars have all come to Anfield to join Liverpool

After completing the signing of the two full-back players Flynnon and Kelkez early, Liverpool focused all their energy on strengthening the midfield and frontcourt, and the restructuring of the offensive front line is imperative. After signing German supernova Wilz from Leverkusen with a team record of 125 million euros, Liverpool has set its targets on Real Madrid winger Rodrigo and French striker Ekitic. If these two players can be successfully won, plus the team's core Salah, then Liverpool's entire offensive line will make a qualitative leap. Soon, Ekitic becomes the team's next new player

In the early morning of July 20, according to the report of The Athletic famous reporter David Ornstein, Liverpool has reached an agreement with Frankfurt on Ekitic's transfer issue. The transaction work of both sides will be completed within the next one or two days. The total transfer fee is expected to exceed 95 million euros, setting a record for players sold in Frankfurt's history. The famous reporter Romano later reported the transfer news and said that the total transfer fee was 90 million euros. Later, many authoritative sources including German Sky Sports reporter Plertenberg also confirmed the news. It can be said that Ekitic's joining Liverpool has been for sure, and he only waited for the official announcement that Ekitic, 23, started his career with the French domestic team Reims. He was loaned to Paris Saint-Germain in the summer window of 2022, and was bought out by Paris Saint-Germain after a season. However, unfortunately, Ekitic's performance in Paris did not satisfy the team, and even his poor performance was criticized by the outside world for a time. So in the winter window of 24, Ekitic left Ligue 1, was loaned and sold to Bundesliga powerhouse Frankfurt. After joining Frankfurt, Ekitic gradually realized his talent. Throughout the 24/25 season, Ekitic became Frankfurt's main striker and handed over 22 goals and 12 assists in 48 games. His value soared to 75 million euros

After playing a representative season of his career, Ekitic naturally attracted the attention of many giant teams, including Bayern, Manchester United, Chelsea, Newcastle, Liverpool and other teams all sent olive branches to Ekitic, but most of them gave up due to price issues. In the end, Liverpool, who was persistent in laughing to the end. After regaining the Premier League championship last season, Liverpool was not satisfied and hoped to strike while the iron was hot and launch an attack on more championships in the new season. Currently, in Liverpool's offensive line, in addition to Jota who passed away unexpectedly, there are also players such as Dias, Nunes, Chiesa Jr., which has prompted Liverpool to make large-scale acquisitions of forward players. We also look forward to Liverpool's new offensive group bringing us more surprises in the new season