Former Liverpool striker Djibril Cissé has backed Hugo Ekitike (22) to succeed at Anfield following his high-profile move from Eintracht Frankfurt, insisting the forward has rediscovered the

Liverpool have got a new No9 in the shape of Hugo Ekitike. As the summer progressed it became clear that sporting director Richard Hughes had two players in mind for the position. Ekitike, the Eintracht Frankfurt striker,

Roberto Firmino would become Liverpool’s No 9 but he did not join as one in July 2015 and, across eight years, his role was not easy to define. Rather than putting the finishing touches to Liverpool’s moves, he was instead an orchestrator of their best play, giving others the opportunity to score more than him.