If all goes to plan, Newcastle might have one of the feared strike forces within the Premier League.
Eddie Howe’s aspect want to add Eintracht Frankfurt ahead Hugo Ekitike to their entrance line this summer time.
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talkSPORT understands the membership have despatched delegates to Germany for talks with the Bundesliga aspect over a deal.
Frankfurt worth Ekitike at £77million, with Chelsea additionally displaying an curiosity within the Frenchman.
Though Newcastle are cautious their negotiations might be hijacked, the Magpies are eager to strike a deal for the 23-year-old.
The potential arrival of Ekitike is with a view for him to play alongside Toon hero Alexander Isak in assault subsequent season.
It will not be the primary time the Frankfurt starlet has had the chance to be a part of a goalscoring double act.
He beforehand mixed to deadly impact with Manchester Metropolis’s Omar Marmoush previous to his transfer to the Etihad Stadium.
However, as German soccer professional Seb Stafford-Bloor identified on talkSPORT’s Hawskbee and Jacobs, the duo had been value way over simply targets and assists.
“They had been one of the enticing partnerships within the Bundesliga for some time,” Stafford-Bloor mentioned.
“They’d their very own compound nickname, ‘HugoMar’. There was actual cohesion, understanding and intuition between them, which is attention-grabbing as a result of they had been each fairly comparable and so they each fairly wish to play in the identical kind of areas.
“Marmoush is central with a sort of an inclination to push left. Ekitike may be very a lot the identical and but that they had an understanding whereby they did not take over one another’s area.
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“They’re in a position to dovetail. They’re in a position to react to what the opposite was doing with the ball. Some actually, actually great moments.
“I am guessing Newcastle followers already rushed to YouTube to search out the highlights so that they’ll see lots of these issues. However Ekitike is in no way a soloist.
“The whole lot that folks say about his technical skill is true. He is an exquisite, exuberant, optimistic footballer, however clever as nicely. Sensible, cognizant of what his teammates are doing round him.
“The query is not simply whether or not he might play with one other ahead, Alexander Isak, however what he might deliver with different gamers. So runners from midfield and full-backs going outdoors of him.
“He actually is sort of full. Not the completed article, nonetheless studying the sport, however he is a really, very broadly proficient participant.”
Ekitike and Marmoush appeared collectively on 36 events for Frankfurt between the latter’s preliminary arrival on mortgage in February 2024 and the Egyptian’s transfer to Metropolis 11 months later.
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Throughout these matches, they scored a mixed 35 targets and instantly mixed for six of them.
In the meantime, Isak is contemporary from his most prolific season in a Newcastle shirt.
Final time period noticed the Swedish striker rating 23 targets in 34 Premier League appearances.
He was additionally on the right track within the Carabao Cup closing because the Magpies ended their 70-year anticipate a serious home trophy.
Their opponents on that day, Liverpool, have now proven an curiosity of their very own in Isak.
The Reds have instructed Newcastle they’re open to signing the 25-year-old if his present membership change their stance on promoting him this summer time, talkSPORT understands.
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Liverpool have indicated their willingness to pay a British document £120million for Isak, though a proper bid has but to be positioned.
Final season’s aim glut has taken the ahead’s Newcastle tally to 62 targets in 109 appearances since his arrival from Actual Sociedad in 2022.
