Alan Shearer dismisses 'bitter' Liverpool transfer claim after latest goal
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Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer says he is not bitter that Liverpool won the race to sign Hugo Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt — but the Frenchman has made a brilliant start to life in the Premier League.
So far in a Liverpool jersey, Ekitike has scored five goals in seven games including the Community Shield.
I know Liverpool had a really good 25 minutes in the Merseyside derby, but in terms of the second half as we've seen before, they didn't play particularly well.
"Everton were the better team no doubt and once they got the goal, they were right back in the game."
Isak could get another chance to start this weekend because Ekitike is suspended.
Will Still, head coach of Southampton, shares a joke with Hugo Ekitike of Liverpool last night.
It was probably a bit of a surprise and then being left out again at the weekend with Ekitike scoring again.
"I am not bitter that Newcastle didn’t get Ekitike.
He's Liverpool's player, they paid a lot of money for him and he's justifying that price tag."
Liverpool paid an initial $93 million (£69 million) for Ekitike.
Liverpool.com says: There has been some chatter that Liverpool wouldn't have signed Ekitike had it known for sure that Isak was coming, but that theory just doesn't stack up