According to Sky Sports in Germany, Liverpool will negotiate an Ekitic transfer with Frankfurt today, and no written offer has been made.
media pointed out that Frankfurt has verbally told Frankfurt that it was preparing to bid for Ekitic and clearly informed the Bundesliga club that they were ready to pay a higher transfer fee than Newcastle.
Liverpool has not yet submitted a written offer and will hold a new round of negotiations with Frankfurt today. Newcastle's negotiations with Frankfurt yesterday failed to make progress, and Frankfurt believes Ekitic tends to join Liverpool.