Football transfer news 24.7: Liverpool officially explodes "blockbuster" Ekitike

Chelsea reach personal agreement with Hato

According to transfer news expert Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea have reached a personal agreement with Jorrel Hato. The Blues and Ajax are currently negotiating a transfer fee, believed to be around 40 million euros. Previously, the 19-year-old defender had expressed his desire to leave the current Dutch runners-up through his agent.

Jorrel Hato is considered one of the most promising names in the football of the land of tulips. Although only 19 years old, Hato has had 3 regular seasons playing for Ajax in the national championship, contributing 3 goals after 75 appearances. On the international level, this young talent has also been called up to the national team 6 times.

In addition to his preferred position as a central defender, Hato can also play well when asked to play left-back.

Liverpool officially explodes "blockbuster" Ekitike

Liverpool's homepage announced that they have completed the deal to recruit Hugo Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt. The 23-year-old striker passed the medical tests and signed a 6-year contract. In exchange for the service of the former French U21 player, The Kop must pay 80 million euros, plus 15 million euros in additional fees depending on performance.

Liverpool have been interested in Ekitike since early 2025 and have been in regular contact with his representatives. The Anfield team of analysts pointed out that the former PSG youngster’s goalscoring record last season was not great (15 in the Bundesliga), but his other stats were very convincing. They emphasized that these stats were only seen in stars like Erling Haaland or Kylian Mbappe at the same age.

Also because of the above analysis factors, Liverpool decided to gamble by spending a huge transfer fee on a young player who had only shined for one season at Eintracht Frankfurt and had never played for the national team.

Mbappe wears number 10 shirt at Real

After veteran midfielder Luka Modric moved to AC Milan on a free transfer, Real Madrid's number 10 shirt was vacant. As a result, Kylian Mbappe decided to switch to number 10 from the beginning of next season. This is also the familiar number of the 26-year-old superstar in the French national team.

Last season, Mbappe wore the number 9 shirt. Besides personal preference, switching to the number 10 shirt is a move to position the importance of the former PSG star at the Bernabeu, both in terms of expertise and enhancing brand value.

Before Mbappe and Modric, Real's number 10 shirt usually belonged to other famous stars such as Luis Figo, Mesut Ozil or James Rodriguez.

Atletico welcomes new recruit for 30 million euros

Marca revealed that Atletico Madrid had reached an agreement to sign David Hancko from Feyenoord for 30 million euros, excluding add-ons. Initially, the 27-year-old centre-back was said to be preparing to join Al Nassr. However, the deal then unexpectedly fell through at the last minute.

David Hancko joined Feyenoord at the start of the 2022/23 season for just €6 million from Sparta Prague and quickly became a mainstay at De Kuip. In the last 3 seasons, the Slovakia international has played a total of 140 matches for the Dutch team and contributed 15 goals.

Japanese goalkeeper falls into Man United's sights

According to Sky Sports, in the context of not being completely assured with the goalkeeper position of Adnre Onana, Man United is still looking for another goalkeeper. In the list of candidates of the Red Devils appeared Zion Suzuki, a goalkeeper who is too familiar to Vietnamese football fans.

Zion Suzuki has played for many years for Japan's U-teams and has also played 18 times for the Japanese national team. In Serie A 2024/25, the 22-year-old goalkeeper played very well for Parma and contributed greatly to helping the team at Enio Tardini Stadium successfully stay in the league.

Suzuki was born in the US but his father is Ghanaian and his mother is Japanese. Since childhood, the 1.90m tall goalkeeper moved with his family to the land of cherry blossoms and began his football career playing for the Urawa Red Diamonds youth team.

Juventus tie Gatti down

According to Tutto Sport, Juventus has reached an agreement to extend the contract with Federico Gatti. The new contract is valid for 5 years, until the summer of 2030. The 27-year-old center-back will definitely receive a salary increase, but the specific figure has not been disclosed by the parties involved.

Gatti joined Juve in the summer of 2022 from Frosinone for a fee of 7.5 million euros. This is considered a big step forward in the 1.92m-tall defender's football career because 5 years ago, he was still an amateur player.

In the Juventus shirt, Gatti played a total of 109 matches and also scored 5 goals.

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