{"id":247412,"date":"2025-09-22T23:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T23:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/247412\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T23:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T23:05:12","slug":"hugo-ekitike-on-why-he-chose-liverpool-over-newcastle-dont-think-i-made-a-mistake-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/247412\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugo Ekitike on why he chose Liverpool over Newcastle – “Don’t think I made a mistake” – Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hugo Ekitike<\/a> was pursued by Liverpool and Newcastle<\/a> over the summer but rejected the latter\u2019s advances in favour of Anfield, and he is not regretting the choice.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ekitike found himself in the middle of a transfer battle between Liverpool and Newcastle<\/a> in the summer, with the 23-year-old seen as the Magpies\u2019 No. 1 target.<\/p>\n

The brief from Newcastle<\/a> was that he was to play alongside Alexander Isak<\/a>, but that is now only possible at Anfield after both players joined for a combined \u00a3204 million.<\/p>\n

It was the second time Ekitike had knocked back Newcastle<\/a>\u2018s advances, having first done so in 2022, and speaking on Canal Football Club, the Frenchman explained his choice. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was my choice, it\u2019s what I wanted,\u201d Ekitike said, via Foot Mercato<\/a>. \u201cBecause I had a better feeling coming here, and I knew it was the right time and the right place for me. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to return to the top level and this time come back better equipped, more ready in every way. And I don\u2019t think I made a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n

Three goals and one assist across his five Premier League<\/a> starts leaves little to regret for Ekitike, who has quickly endeared himself to Liverpool supporters.<\/p>\n

There is a certain pressure playing as the leading man for Liverpool, but Ekitike has taken it in his stride so far and is embracing the competition Isak presents. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a very, very good player,\u201d Ekitike said of Isak to TNT Sports after the derby win. \u201cI always watched him before I came here. So for me, him being here is really good.<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

\u2022 READ:<\/strong> Rhys Williams could get surprise first-team chance<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI can learn and improve myself. It\u2019s competition, but I know we\u2019re going to play together, we\u2019re going to make a difference. I hope one day we\u2019re going to share the pitch.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good. It\u2019s the coach\u2019s problem, I just do my job. It\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arne Slot<\/a> sees having both forwards as \u201cdefinitely necessary<\/a>,\u201d despite the media rhetoric questioning Liverpool\u2019s need for two No. 9s more than they did Newcastle<\/a>\u2018s baffling claims that Ekitike would play with Isak at St James\u2019 Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hugo Ekitike was pursued by Liverpool and Newcastle over the summer but rejected the latter\u2019s advances in favour…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":247413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[2375,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-247412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-hugo-ekitike","9":"tag-soccer","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115250459158420963","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}