Liverpool have opened talks with Eintracht Frankfurt to signal Hugo Ekitike.
The membership have made their strategy after Sky Sports activities Information revealed on Tuesday they had been anticipated to rival Newcastle for the striker.
Sky Sports activities Information understands Newcastle are conscious of Liverpool’s curiosity and reviewing their choices.
Extra to observe.
Ekitike prepared for the following step after Bundesliga breakthrough
Sky Sports activities’ Adam Bate:
When Hugo Ekitike was nonetheless an adolescent at Stade Reims, the teaching employees ready a improvement plan for him. They analysed the performances of Kylian Mbappe after which picked out two extra gamers that Ekitike would possibly realistically aspire to copy.
“These were players with similar profiles from teams that were better than our team, but not at the distance Paris Saint-Germain were from us,” Oscar Garcia, Reims’ then head coach, instructed Sky Sports activities. “We challenged him to reach the level of the other two strikers.”
On the face of it, that was a superbly cheap short-term goal. Previous to his ultimate season at Reims, Ekitike had not even scored a purpose in France’s high tier. He had spent the second half of the earlier marketing campaign on mortgage at Danish membership Vejle Boldklub.
He returned to Reims because the fourth-choice ahead however quickly compelled Oscar to reassess. Quickly after that, the 2 strikers whose stage he had been inspired to hit had been not in his sights. “Within months, he wanted to reach the same level as Mbappe.”
It’s a story that gives a glimpse into the mindset of the Eintracht Frankfurt ahead who has lengthy been linked with a transfer to the Premier League.
“He always was a talented player but some coaches did not like him because of his profile and sometimes because of his character,” concedes Oscar. “They were thinking he was a little bit arrogant. He always wanted to be compared with the best ones.”
Learn extra about Hugo Ekitike’s rise right here.
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