Newcastle United failed with a bid for Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike, and the Frenchman is now heading towards Liverpool, forcing the Magpies to look at alternatives.According to Bild,

The Newcastle United transfer agenda has had more twists and turns than Alton Towers this last week, and yet here we are with nothing much changed. Hugo Ekitike looks destined for Liverpool, while talks over extending Alexander Isak's contract continue.

BBC Sports Editor Dan Roan has been talking about the situation regarding Hugo Ekitike, Newcastle United and Liverpool.

SPORT.com has all the latest news, updates, views and reaction from around the footballing world. Liverpool have made a bid of around £70million for Hugo Ekitike, with the striker already

Should Newcastle succeed with a move for Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike they would land one of Europe's brightest young talents. Only three players aged 23 or under were directly involved in more goals than Ekitike in the top five European leagues last season.

As the summer window intensifies, Liverpool have made a decisive move in the race for Hugo Ekitike, beating Newcastle United to the 23-year-old French striker in what many are now calling a “power play”.

Newcastle United continue to be linked with several players this summer with the latest reports linking them with Benjamin Sesko, Nicolo Savona, Giorgio Scalvini and Cesar Tarrega

Liverpool have moved to sign Hugo Ekitike of Eintracht Frankfurt () Liverpool concentrated their attentions on Ekitike after asking about Alexander Isak but Newcastle