Liverpool are set to take their transfer outlay for the summer window to nearly £300 million after agreeing a deal worth £69 million plus £10 million in performance-related bonuses for Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike.

Liverpool boss Arne Slot has moved a step closer to bringing in a new first-choice striker after the reigning Premier League champions have reached an agreement in principle to land Hugo Ekitike and the Eintracht Frankfurt star is on course to be given permission to travel to Anfield imminently,

Former Wales defender Joey Jones has died at the age of 70 after illness, his former clubs Liverpool and Wrexham said on Tuesday.

Joey Jones, the Welsh soccer hero who won two European Cups with Liverpool and was dubbed “Mr Wrexham”, has died. He was 70. Jones' death was confirmed by the Football Association of Wales and Wrexham on Tuesday.