When you make your debut as a striker in the world’s toughest league with 2 goals in 3 games, then you have already cracked some of the codes. Hugo Ekitike has started the season by immediately confirming Liverpool’s choice of striker signing. When the 23-year-old is also looking forward to competing for playing time with Alexander Isak, this is a player that the supporters will love. Especially after hearing the story from the agent who was engaged to send the Frenchman to Newcastle.
Newcastle were heavily linked with Ekitike for a long time, but now it turns out that a signing with the gang at St. James’ Park would only have been possible without Liverpool’s advance.
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In an interview with Tuttosport, agent Ala Barat says he was specifically hired to bring Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt to Newcastle.
“I worked on behalf of Eintracht Frankfurt to get Hugo Ekitike to Newcastle. I was in Germany for ten days. We agreed everything with the club and the player, but then Liverpool called him, and he chose Anfield,” says Ali Barat.
Everyone agreed, then Liverpool called. This is what the supporters at Anfield love. Especially when the player scores in the 2-3 win against Newcastle in the second Premier League game of the season.
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