In Frankfurt without a chance
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This article was first published 03.07.2025 and was updated in the second paragraph.
Igor Matanovic could contest the new Bundesliga season at SC Freiburg. Loud “Picture“Eintracht Frankfurt is in negotiations with the sports club about a transfer of the striker trained at FC St. Pauli.
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Update July 7th, 10 a.m.: On Monday, “Sky” reported about an upcoming change. The negotiations are still ongoing that enforcement can be expected promptly. In the meantime, the TV broadcaster had reported that Borussia Mönchengladbach wanted to try to interfere with the Freiburgers at Matanovic.
VfB Stuttgart, Borussia Mönchengladbach, FC Augsburg and Werder Bremen, as well as Dinamo Zagreb, were recently traded in the TM rumor mill. Whether one of these clubs or another was actually on it does not seem to be decisive. According to the sheet, a lot indicates a change to the Breisgau. Specific interests of the southern Germans have existed for a long time.
If not yet decided, the transfer is in the decisive phase. It is about a fixed change for a transfer fee of around 8 million euros. Eintracht also receives a participation in resale. Such an amount would ever be the highest of the SCF for a center forward. So far, the junior Adamu (6 million euros) is at the top. For the wing striker Cyriaque Iriaé, which can also be used in the center, was just paid 8.5 million euros.
In vain waiting for Matanovic breakthrough in Frankfurt
The Frankfurters recently were able to add national players Jonathan Burkardt to their already not poorly occupied striker. For Matanovic, it is hardly relevant whether Hugo Ekitiké is now leaving the club. With winters newcomer Elye Wahi and Michy Bathshuayi, two other storm colleagues were recently in front of the Croatian – then Burkardt. Already in the past season, Matanovic was only granted 300 Bundesliga and less than 300 European League minutes.
Eintracht had chosen an unusual model with FC St. Pauli 2021 for the way to Frankfurt. For only half a million euros, the SGE bought the native of Hamburg, but continued to play the talent of the Braun-Weißen for two years at the Millerntor. There, the five -time national player in the 2nd Bundesliga came less well than later with another loan to the Karlsruher SC. Three hits, as in three second division years for St. Pauli, Matanovic scored there in the first half of 2023/24.
At the end of the season, Matanovic not only had 14 KSC hits on the account, but also the confidence of the Frankfurters for a future at the SGE. The fact that it could now be in Freiburg instead of in Frankfurt for the striker, who was once started in the south of Hamburg at the Harburg gymnastics association with the kicking, can now be found in Freiburg. Routine Michael Gregoritsch (31) is to leave the club. In addition, the Freiburger Lucas Höler (30) and Adamu (24) have as a potential stem striker in the squad. Höler, although he played a convincing season, was involved in hardly more than 12 percent of all the team’s league with six goals. As well as Gregoritsch, Adamu even recorded two goals in the upper house.
I think an incredible amount of Matanovic, I really like the boy. At the moment he has not yet brought his PS on the lawn in the 1st league, but strikers of his type take longer and are actually only at the end of 20 at their high.
Precisely because I like him so, I would rather see him in Freiburg than in Bremen or Stuttgart. In Freiburg he has a quiet environment and certainly gets the necessary time to develop.
I can imagine it very well there.
Edit: I would like to be best …
