The player’s reputation has suffered as a result of the late Crystal Palace transfer issue;
His Ligue 1 c lub rejected this because they were still in talks with Eintracht Frankfurtabout signing Randal Kolo Muani and hoped to use the 21-year-old to reduce the price tag.
That never occurred, as the youngster repeatedly turned down the opportunity to join the Bundesliga club, with some reports claiming he desired a move to Crystal Palace, which did not go down well, and L’Equipe feel he will now pay for that behaviour.
Ekitike, along with Marco Verratti, were ruled out of the French club’s Champions League roster, but things could get worse for the teenager.
Considering that PSG turned down a loan offer from Crystal Palace, L’Equipe believes that his exclusion from European competition is a ‘punishment’ for his’refusal to leave the club’ this summer in the final hours of the transfer window.
By doing so, he almost brought the Kolo Muani transfer to a halt, and those in charge of the Ligue 1 club’resent’ Ekitike for it.
However, L’Equipe points out that no one forced them to loan, then buy, the youngster and sign him to a five-year contract, and that their decision to include him in a deal without talking to him about it ‘may also explain his determination to stand up’ to the board.
He is now paying the price by not participating in the Champions League, but there is also a significant possibility that he will be barred from playing in the league, as evidenced by his absence from the side that defeated Lyon 4-1 over the weekend.
