Hugo Ekitike appears to have made his choice from Liverpool's seven-man winger shortlist - opinion

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A number of names have already been mooted to replace Mohamed Salah at Liverpool since his exit was confirmed earlier this week.Not long after the confirmation about the winger leaving emerged, a list of seven potential targets for the Reds was put forward.All of them were forwards, and one of them was the international teammate of Hugo Ekitike, Michael Olise, with whom the Liverpool ace seems to love playing and would surely be the man he wants to come in for Salah in the summer. Which players should Liverpool target to replace Mohamed Salah this summer? 🤔 A seven-man shortlist has already been reported:Desire Doue Bradley Barcola Nico Williams Yan Diomande Anthony Gordon Jarrod Bowen Michael OliseCredit: Izzy Poles/AMA/Getty Images Hugo Ekitike’s reaction to Michael Olise assistOlise has been linked to Anfield for a while now amid his prolific 2025/26 campaign with Bayern Munich alongside Luis Diaz.Now, the former Crystal Palace man has joined up with France for the March international break and was in action against Brazil on Thursday evening.Les Bleus came away from the meeting with a 2-1 win, which saw Ekitike score the winning goal on the night.The Liverpool striker was assisted by reported Reds target Olise and took to his Instagram story to react to the goal.Ekitike shared the clip of the Bayern star playing a lovely outside-of-the-foot pass into the striker, who slammed home to secure the win in the international friendly.He then captioned the post ‘poetry in motion’ followed by a love-heart eyes emoji, seemingly expressing his great admiration for the quality of the assist.While the duo have never played together at club level, they have begun to form a great relationship with France and it seems clear that, of all the potential names linked to replace Salah at Liverpool so far, Ekitike would prefer it if his team paid up to get Olise through the door.Owen Hargreaves suggests Michael Olise to LiverpoolThe 24-year-old already has a staggering 16 goals and 27 assists in 39 matches for Bayern Munich this term.He would be a superb addition to Arne Slot’s side, and when speaking alongside Steven Gerrard recently, Owen Hargreaves suggested Liverpool should get Olise.Discussing how to replace Salah, he said: “You’ve got to go tried and tested.

And for me, that would be Olise, somebody of that calibre.”However, getting a deal for the Frenchman over the line could be easier said than done, given what Bayern Munich chief Uli Hoeness recently said about the player’s interest from Liverpool.As quoted by talkSPORT, he said: “Liverpool have already spent €500million [£432m] this year and are having a very poor season.“We won’t contribute to them playing better next year.”Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox