Has PSG made a huge mistake?

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By: Manu Tournoux

PSG, all fresh winning of the Champions League, has never been so well worn. With unprecedented collective cohesion which forces respect. To do this, the club of the capital has put the means certainly, paying at high prices most of its recruits while making sacrifices in the direction of departures. This was particularly the case for a certain Hugo Ekitike.

Standing in 2022 on the side of Reims, his city of birth, after a promising exercise in the Champagne ranks, the interested party then was the subject of a loan with a purchase option fixed at just over 35 million euros. A real bet on the future for red and blue. For a relative disappointment on arrival since the slender attacker will be satisfied in Paris of four goals and four assists in 33 outings.

From the winter of 2024, Hugo Ekitike was therefore loaned, once again, direction La Bundesliga and Frankfurt. However, within the Eintracht, the young talent that will celebrate its 23th anniversary on June 20, was early to prove and flourish. Definitely recruited by the German club last summer for 16.5 million euros, the International Hopes Tricolor has accumulated this season 22 achievements and 13 offerings in 48 Frankfurt matches.

100 million euros missed by PSG?

Inevitably, such statistics have served as a projector on his career, and here is the cataloged rements among the most promising scorers of his generation. A new label that has not escaped Chelsea, always eager for new triggers and in search these days of a number 9 to approach the World Cup as well as possible (from June 14 to July 13 in the United States).

The discussions are underway and carried out serenely between the London leaders and the entourage of the player. The Eintracht Frankfurt on its side is adamant as to the price requested to let its French scorer spin under contract until June 2029. Namely 100 million euros. On the Specialized Transfermarkt site, Hugo Ekitike is listed at 75 million euros. What give regrets to PSG no doubt …