Arsenal and France legend Thierry Henry has been revealed to carry some reservations about striker Hugo Ekitike.
The Eintracht Frankfurt striker has been the discuss of the summer time with curiosity from Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle United and Manchester United extensively reported.
You don’t get these sorts of golf equipment clogging up your telephone with no good degree of expertise, however Henry feels his fellow countryman has some method to go earlier than he’s the whole package deal.
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Any younger participant making a reputation for himself on the European stage is rarely removed from a lofty comparability. In Ekitike’s case, he has massive footwear to fill, with corners of the media choosing Henry as his guiding gentle.
Henry has performed a spot of teaching and likewise works as a pundit, most prominently for American broadcaster CBS, with ex-Manchester Metropolis star Micah Richards.
Throughout an episode of Richards’ podcast The Relaxation Is Soccer, the previous right-back revealed the observations Henry has made.
“By way of Ekitike, I’ve spoken to Thierry about him lots,” Richards started. “He says he isn’t a irritating participant, however one minute he appears wonderful and the following minute he doesn’t do the fundamentals very nicely.
“He mentioned if he will get it proper and improves then his ceiling might be very, very excessive.”
The Reds will hope Henry is true in that final a part of his evaluation, because the striker has given the inexperienced gentle to a deal, which may quickly provoke an official bid.
In FourFourTwo’s opinion, when one of many biggest forwards the Premier League has ever seen speaks, you need to pay attention.
What is going to settle minds on Merseyside, nonetheless, is that Henry’s most important gripe with Ekitike is with “the fundamentals”, presumably habits and approaches that may be mounted in coaching.
Newcastle had a bid of £70m rejected, so the Reds will little question pay greater than that in the event that they get him and can due to this fact be praying the striker finds the excessive ceiling Henry identifies.
Ekitike is valued at €75m, in accordance with Transfermarkt.
