Paris Saint-Germain may have had a good start to the season in Ligue 1, but its difficulties in the Champions League have resurfaced the debate around the absence of a central striker, a “number 9”, with an effective profession. Against Angers (4-2 victory), Marcos Asensio’s “false nine” match was praised by Luis Enrique, but the entry of Randal Kolo Muani, who did not score and found the post at the end of the game , did not make an impression. Meanwhile, in Germany, a striker who until recently still belonged to PSG is having a blast. Hugo Ekitike, permanently transferred to Frankfurt after his loan for 16.5 million dollars, is one of the most successful French offensive players of the moment.
Since the start of the season, in addition to being good in the game, the former Rémois has been effective. Ekitike scored 9 goals and delivered 4 assists straddling the Bundesliga and the Europa League where Eintracht almost scored with 10 points out of 12 possible. This quite simply makes him the most prolific Frenchman in the five major championships.
Will he have his chance with the Blues?
On Sunday, the 22-year-old was again valuable for his team. On the pitch in Stuttgart, Hugo Ekitike found the net to score Frankfurt’s first goal with a powerful header from a corner.
The tandem he forms with the Egyptian Omar Marmoush is excellent and we see with much more consistency the flashes of the exceptional talent glimpsed at the Stade de Reims. Enough to make Didier Deschamps want to give him a chance at the next Blues gathering? Against Israel next week, the coach of the France team will do without Kylian Mbappé and hopes that Kolo Muani, Barcola, Dembélé and Olise, who all have a different profile from that of Ekitike, will be able to showcase themselves and make forget the former Parisian. Otherwise, giving a player like Hugo Ekitike a chance could make sense in the next round.
