PSG ‘set to ditch Newcastle transfer target Ekitike after just 12 months’ putting Premier League clubs on alert
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN are tipped to offload Newcastle target Hugo Ekitike after ONE season.
The French striker, 20, has also previously been linked with Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Inter Milan.
PSG landed the Under-20 international on loan from Reims last summer.
That deal means the Ligue 1 leaders have to buy him at the end of the season, but Le Parisien suggest he will then be transfer-listed.
Ekitike has, unsurprisingly, struggled to displace Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi and Neymar up front.
But many pundits have been disappointed by his efforts.
Ekitike has managed just four goals in 27 matches across all competitions for PSG.
Boss Christophe Galtier admitted the 6’2″ frontman was unhappy with his “limited playing time”.
Galtier said earlier this term: “I told him that I was in part responsible, but that he was also responsible.
“When you have the attacking trio that we have at PSG that requires a lot of commitment and resilience and you have to keep going.
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“Clearly, he is a talented player, who must make up for his lack of game time in training.
“We have said that he must work more, must bring more intensity so that when he comes on, he can add more. He has lost confidence because he hasn’t played much.”
Ekitike is thought to have rejected a £33million Toon bid ahead of his move to PSG.
And Erik Ten Hag’s United were reportedly in contention to sign him last summer.