For several months, Hugo Ekitike has been passing several levels. Author of a remarkable season with Eintracht Frankfurt last year (22 goals and 12 assists in 48 matches), the 23 -year -old striker caught the eye of many clubs this summer. Finally, the player trained in Reims was flushed out by Liverpool against a check for 95 million euros. A staggering sum that demonstrates that Ekitike has become one of the best attackers in the world, quite simply. A new status that the interested party has confirmed since his arrival on the banks of the Mersey. Already appeared four times this season, Ekitike already compiles three goals and a decisive pass.
An impressive yield that has boundly brought Didier Deschamps to consider the inclusion of the Reims native in his September list. Not initially retained, Ekitike took advantage of Rayan Cherki's injury to be called for the first time in his career at 23. On the bench for the meeting against Ukraine, the number 22 of the Reds, which sports the number 19 now among the Blues, came into play at the very end of the match after the injury of Ousmane Dembélé. Now officially French international, Hugo Ekitike was the guest of Téléfoot this Sunday. The opportunity for him to announce the color on his ambitions with the national selection.
Hugo Ekitike wants to win with the Blues
Asked at first on his acclimatization within the French group, the new Liverpool player explained that he himself remains in this new environment which is necessarily special for him: “It is like my start to the season in Liverpool. Everything goes very quickly. I am relaxed, I know a lot of people here. I try to be myself and bring my little dynamic to the team. I want to make my place in the team little by little and take my bearings. ” Then relaunched on his big ambitions with the French team, the 23 -year -old late striker explained that he does not intend to stop there and that he wishes to win in the France team in the future.
“It was a great evening for the team and for me from a personal point of view. An accomplishment among so many others, but it is special that one. This jersey I will supervise it with my mother, it's a beautiful memory. I watched the matches with her when I was little. I know she is proud of where she is. (…) You have to continue and do more. We must show that we have the qualities of playing here and that we deserve it. I was not selected basic, it was a small victory in my short career. You always have to do more. It is an eternal beginning, it's a little while. I hope there will be many others. ” You will understand: Hugo Ekitike wants to become an important member of the French team in the future.
