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The president of the Stade de Reims, Jean-Pierre Caillot, returned for RMC Sports on the departure to Paris Saint-Germain of young French striker Hugo Ekitike.
He takes his pain patiently. In eleven appearances in all competitions, Hugo Ekitike currently only has two starts with Paris Saint-Germain. Unsurprisingly barred by competition, the French striker is also waiting to open his counter. Sunday, failing to score, it was a decisive pass that the player of only 20 years old delivered during the victory at Lorient (2-1, 14th day of Ligue 1). Asked this Monday by RMC Sportsthe president of the Stade de Reims is confident about his success at the Parc des Princes.
“He is of the caliber of very great players”
“There is no doubt. We know the qualities of Campos to detect players. He had been following him for a long time. It’s not easy to go from Stade de Reims to Paris Saint-Germain. The environment is different. He is a boy who has always performed (…) He is of the caliber of very great players. I do not provide after-sales service since it is sold. Many, many clubs were on him, but at that amount Newcastle and PSG”warns Jean-Pierre Caillot.
The boss of the Champagne club also explained why the two parties concluded a loan with a mandatory purchase option, when the Parisian leaders could have recruited him definitively. “It is part of the management of the Stade de Reims which you will discover in my book. We have just done our tenth positive exercise, which in football is not very common. As we were already quite well engaged this year, it suited us to do this editing. And it suited, as you know there is financial fair play, Paris Saint-Germain to take out a loan with a mandatory purchase option. Which is exactly the case with this montage.”
