"I'm Leaving now, you can't bench me because of him" — Thomas Partey Fur!ous Reaction to. Mikel Arteta on Christian Norgaard Replacing him

 "I'm Leaving now, you can't bench me because of him" — Thomas Partey Fur!ous Reaction to. Mikel Arteta on Christian Norgaard Replacing him

 Take a look at all of Hugo Ekitike's goals and assists from the 2024/25 season as Liverpool and Newcastle step up interest in signing the striker from Eintracht Frankfurt

On the face of it, that was a perfectly reasonable short-term target. Prior to his final season at Reims, Ekitike had not even scored a goal in France's top tier. He had spent the second half of the previous campaign on loan at Danish club Vejle Boldklub.

He returned to Reims as the fourth-choice forward but soon forced Oscar to reassess. Soon after that, the two strikers whose level he had been encouraged to hit were no longer in his sights. "Within months, he wanted to reach the same level as Mbappe."

It is a tale that offers a glimpse into the mindset of the Eintracht Frankfurt forward who has long been linked with a move to the Premier League.