1 week Ago By Vijievan Jeevathayalan
As the 2025 summer transfer window approaches, Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike is seemingly a man in demand. As some of the biggest clubs in the Premier League , including Manchester United , look to reinforce their attack, the Frenchman is increasingly becoming a viable option given his age, potential and his performances in the Bundesliga in the 2024/2025 season. But just why is Ekitike such hot property right now? Below is everything you need to know about the talented striker's style of play, stats across his career and what some of his coaches and teammates have said about him.
Hugo Ekitike Latest Transfer News GIVEMESPORT recently revealed that United could be dragged into a transfer war over Ekitike, with Premier League rivals Arsenal and Liverpool also interested in acquiring him and strengthening their own number nine position. It's suggested that given the growing interest in the Frenchman, Eintracht are confident of squeezing every penny possible, and could end up receiving a fee over the £60m that has been mooted as a reasonable starting point for a price. Indeed, as well as that reported United interest, Arsenal have also earmarked Ekitike as a potential alternative to their pursuit of Newcastle striker Alexander Isak.
Amid reports suggesting that the Swede is their number one striker target, the Eintracht man could come into the conversation as a cheaper alternative. Meanwhile, the likes of Newcastle and Aston Villa have also been linked with a move for the forward , so the competition for his signature is hotting up to say the least. Hugo Ekitike's 2024/2025 Season After a promising start to life in Frankfurt in the 2023/2024 campaign where he scored four goals in the 14 matches that he played, Ekitike has well and truly come to life now that he has adjusted to the rigours of German football completely.
The Frenchman is averaging just under one goal every other game across all competitions, including notching three and providing another three in the club's run to the Europa League quarter-finals. Ekitike will have the chance to impress against Premier League opposition in that tournament given that they will be taking on Tottenham Hotspur for a berth in the semi-finals. The striker has shown that he is more than capable of stepping up and scoring on the big occasion too, netting against all three of the Bundesliga's heavyweights: Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund.
Already enjoying his best goal-scoring campaign of his career, the France striker is set to smash past the 20-goal barrier for the first time ever. Hugo Ekitike's Style of Play While it may be a slightly easy read to make, Ekitike's tall stature but extremely quick feet and pace marks him out as having some serious similarities to one of the greatest strikers of all-time , Thierry Henry. Indeed, the Bundesliga's official website , drew the comparison themselves.
Ekitike can be clinical in front of goal, but he's also a real workhorse. Physical and agile, he's known for his willingness to press from the front and is a real nuisance when dropping deep to receive possession. With his silky touch, slick movement and penchant for cutting in off the left-hand flank thrown into the mix, comparisons with a young Thierry Henry are not that wide of the mark.
Equally adept at playing on the shoulder of a defender or dropping deep and then spinning and running at pace, Ekitike has got everything you would want from a modern striker - quick feet, pace and a relatively good finisher. At just 22 - he will turn 23 this summer - Ekitike also has plenty of room to grow but the potential he has shown already has left plenty of observers raving about just how good he can be, including Oscar Garcia who was his former coach at Stade Reims. "There is something very special about him.
He's a young man with a lot of quality but also a lot to improve on, but he works hard in training." Having previously admitted that he is a boyhood Manchester United fan , Ekitike could get his chance to live out his dreams by playing for the Red Devils next season. But even if Amorim's side don't come calling, you can probably expect the Frenchman to be turning out for one of the top sides in the Premier League sooner rather than later.
Stats taken from Transfermarkt and Sofascore (Correct as of 02/04/2025).
