If that wasn’t clear yet, Saturday’s 1-1 draw to Everton could prove the co’s final nail due to Arsenal’s title hopes, with the gunners slipping into the 11th Premier League draw of the campaign at Goodison Park.
The gap is 11 points, and on the part of Mikel Arteta, Liverpool’s active leader on Sunday afternoon, all hope appears to be lost. Always a bridesmaid, never a bride.
The North Londoners correctly point to further controversy surrounding the host following the strange decision to punish Miles Lewis Skelly with Jack Harrison’s foul, but the injured visitor is defeated that he can’t kill the game again.
In fact, as Opta pointed out, the trip to Merseyside represents a large portion of any team in the division painted the game despite Arteta’s men taking the lead this season.
The Emirates outfit points to the absence of Gabriel Jesus and Kai Herberts in scoring those goals despite scoring 12 league goals during this term.
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Signing the striker is not guaranteed that such a move will help end the long wait of the league’s glorious glory, but Liverpool would hope that despite lacking Liverpool, for example, the nine glorious nines, will appear to be heading towards glory.
That said, the impressive verse remains focused this summer, as they have not been able to add new marksmen since Jesus signed it in the summer of 2022.
The towering Swedes aren’t the only number on Arsenal’s nominee list, but Anfield Watch reports that North Londoners are one of the clubs who have expressed interest in Eintract Frankfurt starlet Hugo Ekichike.
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The report says Liverpool is working on the 22-year-old contract, but both the Gunners and Manchester United are also holding talks with French representatives, and those negotiations are said to be “positive.”
So the proposal is for all three Premier League sides to fight for the inform striker signing this summer, with Frankfurt saying they are hoping to win cash at a fee of around £68 million.
There will certainly be Nicholas Anerka’s tint for that exciting deal as Arsenal wins that race over the coming months.
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It’s hard to ignore Thierry Henry when discussing French strikers ripped in north London, but before the club’s record-breaking scorer, Marksman arrived in 1997, when he was 17 years old, and won the PFA Young Player of the Year Award for his double-winning campaign.
Though much younger than he is now, Anelka reflects his fellow countrymen and has been at school in Paris Saint-Germain for a while.
As for Ekitike, the 6-foot-3 ace moved to PSG on his first loan agreement in 2022, scoring only four times in 33 matches in all competitions, but began his life with a book at Reims.
Ekitike’s Bundesliga Record -24/25 | |
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stat (*per game) | record |
game | 27 |
the goal | 13 |
Scoring Frequency | 159 min |
I missed a big opportunity | 12 |
assist | 4 |
A big opportunity has been created | 7 |
Key Pass* | 1.4 |
Pass accuracy* | 77% |
Successful dribbling* | 1.6 |
Statistics via Sofascore |
Young people moved to Germany to set fire to his career, but recent evidence shows that he is “one of the strikers out there” in the words of analyst Ben Matinson, simply saying that Ekitike is “ready to explode.”
In 56 games on the Bundesliga side, Ekitike scored 23 goals and registered 10 more assists, reflecting Anelka’s ability to manipulate as the center of out-and-out and out or on the left verse.
Like Anelka at the time – Arsene Wenger described his “big discovery” at his early age at Highbury – Frankfurt Talisman has yet to reach secular name status, but has 19 goals for his name this season, but he will certainly do it.
Not only is the clinical finisher, but Ekitique also possesses his silky abilities, as he ranks in the top 9% of European strikers in progressive carry and in the top 3% for successful take-ons per 90.
A successful take-on is recorded when the player defeats the opponent while bringing the ball directly into the possession.
Like Anelka, who former teammate Martin Keeun claimed “can destroy the defense,” the original Rhymes guy boasts a perfect blend of speed and tricks, making him a scary prospect at the top edge of the pitch.
At £68 million, Ekitike certainly won’t be cheaper, but as long as it sticks longer than Anelka has made, it can represent the perfect long-term investment of Arteta and Co.
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