Hugo Ekitike makes Man Utd admission amid Arsenal & Liverpool switch curiosity
Eintracht Frankfurt’s sought-after striker Hugo Ekitike has revealed that he’s a Manchester United fan, prompting many to invest whether or not this may have an effect on his resolution when a queue of suitors come calling this summer season.
Ekitike has been in blistering type for Frankfurt this season, rediscovering the sort of scientific edge which satisfied Paris Saint-Germain to whisk him away from Reims as a 20-year-old. After failing to correctly break by way of with the French champions, the towering striker reinvigorated his profession with a mortgage transfer to Frankfurt final yr.
The Bundesliga outfit made Ekitike’s keep everlasting final summer season for a modest sum of €16.5m (£13.8m) and will likely be anticipating to make a substantial revenue if he’s bought this yr.
Arsenal and Liverpool have each been closely linked with the rangy ahead, who is predicted to command upwards of €80m (£66.9m). The Gunners are cranking up their pursuit of Ekitike however they might face stiff competitors from Manchester United.
Because the Reims-born ahead revealed in an interview with Eintracht Frankfurt’s YouTube channel, United have been his “favorite” membership as a baby. The Each day Mail are one among a number of retailers which recommend that this might supply United a bonus on this summer season’s anticipated pursuit.
The Purple Devils are considered on the lookout for a brand new No.9 however they’re working inside a strict funds. If Frankfurt, no strangers to promoting coveted gamers for the best worth, insist on €80m for Ekitike, this could probably put the 22-year-old out of United’s worth vary.
The participant himself could also be cautious of leaving Frankfurt for one among Europe’s tremendous golf equipment. Ekitike struggled to adapt to life in Paris and emphatically failed to determine himself as an everyday within the beginning XI. The presence of Neymar, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe did not assist the teenager’s possibilities, though he wasn’t going to waste the chance of rubbing shoulders with three fashionable greats.
“I educated every day with the most effective gamers on the planet,” Ekitike lately recalled in an interview with L’Equipe. “I might have been the dumbest participant, the stupidest human being if I hadn’t discovered.”
When looking forward to the long run, Ekitike warned: “I am centered on my membership, however I do know that if I wish to take a brand new course, I will be higher ready than final time.”
