Congratulations to all Liverpool club and fans, on Wednesday Liverpool was able to announced the signing of French striker Hugo Ekitike to replace the position of our lovely player Diogo jota that Liverpool lost in a motor accident and the memories of Diogo jota can never be forgotten in a hurry by Liverpool players,managers and fans because Diogo jota kept a good records.
After the complete medical of Hugo Ekitike, Liverpool have now confirmed that Hugo Ekitike will wear the no,54 during the current pre season and while his permanent shirt number to be confirmed soon but i know that Hugo Ekitike will be eyeing the no.9 shirt since he signed as a striker and his pre season friendly match status has be confirmed by the Liverpool managers, while all the fans are waiting to see the performance of Hugo Ekitike in his first pre season friendly match on Saturday against Ac Milan club.
Very good, currently Liverpool performance is very good, coupled with the arrival of new player Hugo Ekitike further strengthens the team, losing Diogo Jota is certainly a hard blow both for the team and for the fans, no one expected to lose a player who has contributed greatly to the club, he will always be remembered forever. For Ekitike, hopefully he can quickly adapt to Liverpool style of play and hopefully make a positive contribution in order to help win trophies in the upcoming season.
I’m not fully sold on Ekitike yet, especially for nearly €100 million. That’s a huge fee for a striker with clear finishing issues. His numbers last season in the Bundesliga were strange — he created tons of chances, both for himself and teammates, but his conversion was really poor. He took more shots than anyone in the league and wasted a lot of them.
That said, he’s not a bad player. He’s great at carrying the ball forward and getting it into dangerous areas — top 5 in the Bundesliga in that regard. I don’t expect Ekitike to have the same impact as Salah, but I think he’ll still do a solid job for Liverpool — maybe nothing spectacular, but definitely useful.