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Hugo Ekitike admits he could play alongside 'another striker' amid Liverpool's £150m pursuit of Alexander Isak

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<p>The reigning Premier League champions appeared to have made French forward Ekitike their most elaborate striking addition of the summer when <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/hugo-ekitike-liverpool-eintracht-frankfurt-premier-league/bltf094010f40c0316b" target="_blank">prising him away from Eintracht Frankfurt for £79 million ($106m)</a>.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Prolific Swede Isak has, however, handed in a transfer request at Newcastle. He had been registering on the recruitment radar at Anfield before attention turned to Ekitike, and it is being suggested that the <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/how-liverpool-afford-spending-spree-still-sign-alexander-isak-transfer-window/blt5d1da0ab1db47cdb" target="_blank">Reds could continue their elaborate spending with a raid on St James’ Park</a>.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>The<a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/liverpool-stance-signing-alexander-isak-hugo-ekitike-revealed-newcastle-leave/bltbd72a4d6c9c9cd12" target="_blank"> history books will need to be rewritten in order to get a deal done</a>, with Isak set to cost more than the British record £116m ($156m) that Liverpool splashed out on German playmaker Florian Wirtz, but Ekitike claims he would welcome another frontman to Merseyside.</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>Ekitike told Liverpool’s <a href="https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/hugo-ekitike-interview-why-now-perfect-time-his-move-liverpool " target="_blank"><em>official website</em></a> when asked about his best position: "I mean, I do what the coach asks me to do, but yeah, I like to do everything. I can’t define myself only as a striker [who likes] to finish: I like to play, I like to be in the game, in the collective part of play [and] create also. So, I can do both – I can play alone and I like to play also with another striker and I think that’s what makes me versatile, but you know now in this football you need to adapt."</p>

WHAT EKITIKE SAID

<p>The 23-year-old added when asked what opening his goal account at Anfield will feel like: "Yeah, Anfield is mad! I can’t wait to play there. Obviously I don’t even start to think about what it is to score a goal there. I think I will start to think when we come and we are going to play there, but it’s huge. I have seen it on TV and it’s crazy: crazy stadium and crazy fans, so I think it’s going to be amazing."</p>

TELL ME MORE

<p>Liverpool are currently <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/liverpool-pre-season-2025-tour-fixtures-results-tickets-watch/blte4b6b39fac5dfe54" target="_blank">in the Far East for a couple of friendly dates on an Asian tour</a>, with Ekitike - and potentially Isak - set to enjoy their first outing on home soil when Arne Slot’s side face Athletic Club on August 4.</p>

WHAT NEXT FOR LIVERPOOL?

Hugo Ekitike admits he could play alongside 'another striker' amid Liverpool's £150m pursuit of Alexander Isak | Goal.com

Hugo Ekitike says he could play alongside &quot;another striker&quot;, with Liverpool seeing a record-breaking move for Alexander Isak speculated on.

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