Spurred on by winning the Europa League and the associated right to start in the Champions League, Eintracht Frankfurt is pushing ahead with personnel planning at full throttle. The SBU has already presented seven external newcomers, now further changes must follow.
Eintracht Frankfurt has signed the previous loan players Jens Petter Hauge and Kristijan Jakic. Also coming are Hrvoje Smolcic (HNK Rijeka), Randal Kolo Muani (FC Nantes), Jérôme Onguene (RB Salzburg), Aurélio Buta (Royal Antwerp), Faride Alidou (Hamburger SV) and Marcel Wenig (FC Bayern U19). In Ali Akman, an attacking player who was last loaned out to NEC Nijmegen is also likely to return.
However, the busy transfer activities also have an undesirable side effect: the squad of Hessen counts more than 30 players, even without the talents that have moved up from their own offspring. There is also no shortage of rumors about other potential newcomers.
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Besiktas’s Ridvan Yilmaz in particular is considered a hot contender for another place in the squad. The “kicker” brings Sebastian Polter from VfL Bochum and Lucas Alario from Bayern Leverkusen into play as other new offensive forces.
So it’s no wonder that the Main metropolis is now supposed to be working flat out to get rid of staff,
Full-back Erik Durm is said to have “no longer any prospects”, and attacking players Akman, Ragnar Ache and Goncalo Paciencia are no longer expected to play a major role. The “kicker” wants to know that.
It is clear that sports director Markus Krösche should still be grueling weeks ahead despite the many newcomers. “In general, our goal is to complete our squad early on. For the coach, it’s important not to have a fragmented squad at the beginning of preparation, but a squad that is as complete as possible,” explained Krösche. So time is pressing.