Eintracht Frankfurt is banking on Hugo Ekitike

It took patience, and rebuilding an acceptable physical condition for a player without playing time during the first half of the season. Eintracht Frankfurt was patient and got Hugo Ekitike back on his feet, who has regained confidence. Author of 4 goals in the last 5 Bundesliga days, the 22-year-old French striker showed a bit of his talent in the Bundesliga, and thus validated the strategy of his leaders.

The latter still paid out €20 million, according to figures released by Imageto exercise the purchase option of the Frenchman. It should be remembered that they had however been able to put aside with the 90 M€ paid by PSG to recruit Randal Kolo Muani. Frankfurt’s sporting director Marcus Krösche also returned to this transfer, estimating that he would have difficulty selling Ekitike at the same price. “The situation was certainly special last year, as was the sum for Eintracht Frankfurt. Extraordinary things can always happen in the transfer market, even if the probability of this happening again is not high, because very few clubs can pay such high sums.”

Frankfurt believes in the emergence of Ekitike

PSG paid a high price for Kolo Muani, while Frankfurt bet on the future with Ekitike. A bet that the German club intends to make profitable. “For him, the year and a half in Paris was an educational period in many ways. On the one hand, he was able to gain experience at a big club with Messi, Neymar and Mbappé. But he also saw how important it is to play. To feel that he is being counted on. And he sees that every day with us. He is a humble boy and very happy to be here. He has the potential to become one of the best strikers in Europe, but he will take the next steps with caution given his experience at PSG. So I am convinced that he will stay at Eintracht for a longer period of time.”assured Marcus Krösche in the columns of Image.

Sixth in the last Bundesliga, Eintracht has therefore planned to entrust the keys to its attack to the Frenchman, who will want to ride the wave of good momentum from the end of the season. Without realizing it, with 4 goals scored in 14 appearances in the Bundesliga, he is only 2 goals behind Kolo Muani in Ligue 1. Far from pitting the two Frenchmen against each other, Marcus Krösche, however, thinks that Ekitike is a little more complete. “Hugo is a finer player. He can hold the ball with his back to the play and play football in tight spaces. When he is fit, he has skills that can be extremely useful to us.” Response in the coming weeks.