'They could': Former France striker outlines how Liverpool could be planning to use Ekitike and Isak together
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This summer, Hugo Ekitike, Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz have all been brought in as attacking options.
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And, even though Liverpool having two world-class number nines among their ranks may seem like overkill, the fact that they’ll be able to interchange the two and not lose any quality could be essential to them winning the Premier League or the Champions League.
Even though having two world-class number nines among their ranks is exciting, it does mean that one of the two could end up being played less than the other.
At the moment, Slot lines his team up in a 4-2-3-1 formation, and, even though Ekitike can be used on the left wing if needed, he’s much better off as a striker.
However, since Isak bagged over 20 Premier League goals last season, it’s going to be hard for Ekitike to keep his starting place in Slot’s team.
So he scored many goals with Eintracht and done really well.”
The fact that Liverpool have signed both Ekitike and Isak this summer shows that they mean business.
They managed to get almost all of their dream signings and, while they now have plenty of quality among their ranks, if either Ekitike or Isak is left on the bench for too long, they could end up kicking off.