Hugo Ekitike admits he could play alongside 'another striker' amid Liverpool's £150m pursuit of Alexander Isak

Hugo Ekitike says he could play alongside "another striker", with Liverpool seeing a record-breaking move for Alexander Isak speculated on.

• French forward sealed big-money move
• Isak has lodged transfer request at Newcastle
• Reds willing to continue spending spree

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  The reigning Premier League champions appeared to have made French forward Ekitike their most elaborate striking addition of the summer when prising him away from Eintracht Frankfurt for £79 million ($106m).

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Prolific Swede Isak has, however, handed in a transfer request at Newcastle. He had been registering on the recruitment radar at Anfield before attention turned to Ekitike, and it is being suggested that the Reds could continue their elaborate spending with a raid on St James’ Park.

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  The history books will need to be rewritten in order to get a deal done, with Isak set to cost more than the British record £116m ($156m) that Liverpool splashed out on German playmaker Florian Wirtz, but Ekitike claims he would welcome another frontman to Merseyside.

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  WHAT EKITIKE SAID

  Ekitike told Liverpool’s when asked about his best position: "I mean, I do what the coach asks me to do, but yeah, I like to do everything. I can’t define myself only as a striker [who likes] to finish: I like to play, I like to be in the game, in the collective part of play [and] create also. So, I can do both – I can play alone and I like to play also with another striker and I think that’s what makes me versatile, but you know now in this football you need to adapt."