The Athletic and Fabrizio Romano both report that Newcastle have now cooled their interest in Eintracht Frankfurt’s Hugo Ekitiké. Earlier this week, Newcastle had a bid rejected for Ekitiké by

Liverpool are signalled their desire to bid for Hugo Ekitike, who has an £85m release clause at Frankfurt, with the German club willing to offload their top talent at the right time

Can they afford him? What would the deal mean for Isak? Our reporters dissect the news Newcastle are in talks to sign the French forward