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<\/p>\nDeal in works\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Newcastle United<\/a>\u00a0are preparing an offer to sign\u00a0Hugo Ekitik\u00e9<\/a> from Eintracht Frankfurt<\/a>. Transfermarkt can confirm a report by The Athletic<\/a> that the\u00a0Premier League<\/a> club are interested in signing the French forward. But sources have also stressed that there has been no direct contact between the clubs and that it would take a significant offer for Frankfurt to release the player.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What would be a significant offer? Frankfurt, who have sold Randal Kolo Muani for \u20ac95 million to Paris Saint-Germain and Omar Marmoush for \u20ac75m to Man City over the last 24 months, will ask for a significant fee to allow Ekitik\u00e9 to leave this summer. The Eagles are experienced negotiators and in the past have always gotten their way on the transfer market. Sources have pointed out that the 23-year-old striker is currently under contract until 2029, and there is no exit clause in his deal.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Bundesliga club signed Ekitik\u00e9 on loan from PSG in February 2024 for \u20ac3.5m and then made the deal permanent for another \u20ac16.5m the following summer. PSG will receive a percentage of any future transfer. Since his arrival, Ekitik\u00e9 has increased his market from \u20ac15m to \u20ac75m. Newcastle now plan to offer that exact fee to sign the striker from Frankfurt.<\/p>\n \n\u20ac75m+ – Why are Newcastle desperate to sign Hugo Ekitik\u00e9?<\/p>\n Interest in Ekitik\u00e9 has been high. Ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup, Chelsea showed interest in Ekitik\u00e9. At one point, Arsenal, before they pivoted to first Benjamin Sesko and then eventually Viktor Gy\u00f6keres, were interested. Newcastle are now the latest club to come in for the Frankfurt forward.<\/p>\n Why are Newcastle interested in Ekitik\u00e9? That\u2019s an excellent question. Ekitik\u00e9 is a very similar profile to Swedish forward Alexander Isak<\/a>. With Newcastle in for Ekitik\u00e9, what does that mean for Isak\u2019s future with the Magpies? As for Isak, Newcastle will get a player who last season finally fulfilled the high expectations placed in him when PSG signed him for \u20ac28.5m from Stade Reims in 2023.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In 2024\/25, Ekitik\u00e9 scored 15 goals and eight assists in 33 Bundesliga games. In a season in which Frankfurt lost top scorer Marmoush to Man City, Ekitik\u00e9 was crucial to help Frankfurt finish in the top four and qualify for the Champions League. As previously highlighted on Transfermarkt<\/a>, Ekitik\u00e9 is a complete forward who can play as a no.9 but also on the wing. Enormously talented and fast, there is also a sense that he can reach another level. Whether that will be in Frankfurt or perhaps in Newcastle remains to be seen.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deal in works\u00a0 \u00a9IMAGO Newcastle United\u00a0are preparing an offer to sign\u00a0Hugo Ekitik\u00e9 from Eintracht Frankfurt. Transfermarkt can confirm…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[939,940,59,942,941,221,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-1090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-bundesliga","tag-eintracht-frankfurt","tag-gb","tag-hugo-ekitike","tag-newcastle-united","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}