Arne Slot about to unleash Hugo Ekitike plan Liverpool has only seen for 62 minutes

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After a summer of changes, the Dutchman kept Chiesa and now has four others: Alexander Isak, Hugo Ekitike, Cody Gakpo, and Mohamed Salah. Ekitike has made a good start to his Liverpool career (Image: 2025 Liverpool FC) Having Isak and Ekitike is a similarly beneficial scenario for the pair.

"He’s a very good player," Ekitike said of Isak after the Champions League win over Eintracht Frankfurt when they started together. "I know in time we need to work together and find a good association, but the links will come and it will work." That match in Germany, against Ekitike's former club, is the only game so far in which they have been named in the same starting XI (they have played 62 minutes alongside each other in total).

Learn more Right now, Ekitike is deserving of a regular spot in the starting XI because of his performances. At the same time, Ekitike is also making himself a must.