{"id":102677,"date":"2025-10-04T12:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T12:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/102677\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T12:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T12:09:11","slug":"liverpool-will-make-hugo-ekitike-more-famous-but-he-wants-to-be-unknown-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/102677\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool will make Hugo Ekitike \u201cmore famous\u201d – but he wants to be \u201cunknown\u201d – Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hugo Ekitike<\/a> is aware that his move to Liverpool has made him more famous, but he is happy with being unknown and keeping his private life to himself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Frenchman has wasted little time in endearing himself to Liverpool supporters following his summer transfer, with his red card his only misstep in his bright start at Anfield.<\/p>\n

Ekitike may only be 23, but he has played in four different countries and has over 140 senior appearances, with Liverpool marking a significant step in his career.<\/p>\n

His move from Frankfurt to Liverpool has seen his profile grow exponentially, but Ekitike explained to BBC Sport<\/a> why he embraces being famous but prefers to keep his private life to himself.<\/p>\n

Asked about a video that showed his brothers and friends celebrating his first Liverpool goal, Ekitike said: \u201cI remember my friend was there, but it was too much.<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like that kind of video. But it was nice because when I was in Paris, they were there with me. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have the same people there when I have success and when I don\u2019t have success, and I think they are very proud of me and I think in time they are going to be good memories to see on video. <\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully they will be there for many more goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it\u2019s me, I show this to people. I know it comes with being a football player with Liverpool \u2013 you are more famous, but my private life I don\u2019t want people to know. <\/p>\n

\u201cI like to be famous but unknown. People don\u2019t know what I am doing when I am home or what I do during my free time or talking to my brother.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a world where information is at everyone\u2019s fingertips, it is an admirable position from a young footballer who is aware of the boundaries he needs to keep in place despite the spotlight.<\/p>\n

It is a nod to the character of the players that Liverpool attracts and signs, with Ekitike further displaying his humble nature when discussing his summer transfer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first feeling was that I was proud. To come here when I know where I come from,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know football is just moments, you can be at the top and go down straight. <\/p>\n

\u201cI set my mind to always be ready, work hard, improve myself and bring success to the team and help the maximum way I can to reach trophies and wins.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hugo Ekitike is aware that his move to Liverpool has made him more famous, but he is happy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[18,2444,19,17,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-102677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-hugo-ekitike","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}