In the winter of 2024, Hugo Ekitike, put in the closet by PSG, had decided to change its air and spend the last six months of the season on the Eintracht Frankfurt side. Following its satisfactory loan, the German club decided to pay 16.5 million euros to definitively attach its services to the process. And it is clear that the German stable had flair, since the 22-year-old center forward has 13 goals in 22 Bundesliga games.
Regular holder in the team coached by Dino Toppmöller, the Frenchman agreed to speak with The teamand to reveal some of its secrets. The former Parisian reveals in particular the name of his model player … and it is Karim Benzema: ” If there is a word that describes the whole, it is resilience. There are players for whom it's straight, towards the summits. For me, it's different: I have to pass each test and prove, still prove … I have that in me. My model today is Karim Benzema. At Real Madrid, he was put attackers before him. And he has always shown every season. In the end, it has become the best player in the world. The striker then explained that he had already exchanged with the former Real Madrid player: ” It was a pride. It boosted me. I tell myself that if I fulfill the season I want, I could say to him: 'I did what we said.' The general idea of ​​our discussion is that I always go to seek more. I keep it in me. Hopefully for him that he follows the same trajectory.
