Liverpool sign Hugo Ekitiké in £79m deal after fending off late Manchester United bid

• Striker joins from Eintracht Frankfurt on six-year deal• Liverpool’s summer spending nears £300m Liverpool have completed the signing of Hugo Ekitiké from Eintracht Frankfurt, with the striker rejecting a late attempt by Manchester United to hijack the transfer.The France Under-21 international has joined the Premier League champions for a guaranteed £69m plus £10m in add-ons,…

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Liverpool’s Portuguese forward Diogo Jota dies in car crash in Spain

MADRID, July 3 (Reuters) – Liverpool’s Portuguese forward Diogo Jota, 28, died in a fiery car crash near Zamora in northwestern Spain with his brother, Spanish state-owned TV station said on Thursday, citing local firefighters.Police told Reuters everything pointed to that information being correct, although they could not yet officially confirm the names.The regional fire…

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