Liverpool is seeking to buy Frankfurt center Ekitic. Opta statistics show that the latter's goal-scoring efficiency in the league last season's league's no penalty kick was even higher than Salah's.

statistics show that without penalty kicks, Ekitic's expected goal score of every 90 minutes in the league last season was as high as 0.91, second only to Dembele, Sollot, Balcola and Rafinia. The five major league frontcourt players (center, winger and front midfielder) who played at least 1,500 minutes during the same period ranked fifth.

Behind him are Lewandowski, Sane, Salah and Olise, while Liverpool's other target, Isak, is clearly behind.