Errors “stupid” and “inexplicable”
Dino Toppmöller was really upset after Eintracht Frankfurt lost 2-0 at 1. FC Köln. “We always make these simple mistakes. That’s why we’re not yet a top team,” he said, among other things, referring to the two sendings off. With a successful start to the second half of the season in terms of results, the Hessians had stalked their way into the Champions League places, but the deserved defeat against the relegation candidate stopped the race to catch up in a sobering way.
“We have to look after our own noses,” said the 43-year-old, who was not sparing with criticism. The first half was “very, very thin in terms of football”, the yellow-red card against Niels Nkounkou was “unfortunately stupid”, Hrvoje Smolcic’s mistake before the 0-2 was “inexplicable” and the yellow-red card against Tuta was “also justified”. Above all, says Toppmöller, “these constant, simple ball losses annoy me. You can’t win a game like that.”
After the last-minute sale of star striker Randal Kolo Muani, for whom a replacement could not be brought in in the summer, Eintracht had significantly strengthened themselves with four players after an overall decent first season in the winter. But there was hardly any time to play. Donny van de Beek was on the bench for 90 minutes in Cologne, striker Sasa Kalajdzic was completely hanging in the air, Hugo Ekitiké and Jean-Mattéo Bahoya celebrated their debuts but only came into the game late.
32 new players: All additions from Bundesliga clubs in winter 2024
Andreas Luthe | VfL Bochum | Market value: €300,000
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Permanent transfer from 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Sebastian Polter | Darmstadt 98 | Market value: €700,000
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Loan from FC Schalke
Agon Elezi | VfL Bochum | Market value: €800,000
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Fixed transfer from NK Varazdin
Julian Justvan | Darmstadt 98 | Market value: €1.2 million
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Loan from TSG Hoffenheim
Isak Hansen-Aarøen | Werder Bremen | Market value: €1.5 million
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Permanent transfer from Man United U21
Julian Malatini | Werder Bremen | Market value: €1.7 million
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Fixed transfer from Defensa y Justicia | Transfer fee: €2 million
Gerrit Holtmann | Darmstadt 98 | Market value: €2 million
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Loan from VfL Bochum
Florent Muslija | SC Freiburg | Market value: €2.5 million
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Fixed transfer from SC Paderborn | Transfer fee: €1 million
Kevin Vogt | Union Berlin | Market value: €2.5 million
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Permanent transfer from TSG Hoffenheim
Jean-Mattéo Bahoya | Eintracht Frankfurt | Market value: €2.5 million
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Fixed transfer from Angers SCO | Transfer fee: €8 million
Nathaniel Brown | Eintracht Frankfurt | Market value: €3 million
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Permanent transfer from 1. FC Nürnberg | Transfer fee: €3 million | Plays second half of the season for Nuremberg
Jessica Ngankam | Mainz 05 | Market value: €3 million
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Loan from Eintracht Frankfurt
Chris Bedia | Union Berlin | Market value: €3 million
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Firm transfer from Servette FC | Transfer fee: €2 million
Skelly Alvero | Werder Bremen | Market value: €4 million
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Loan from Olympique Lyon
Kevin Behrens | VfL Wolfsburg | Market value: €4 million
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Fixed transfer from Union Berlin | Transfer fee: €2 million
Nadiem Amiri | Mainz 05 | Market value: €4 million
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Firm transfer from Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer fee: €1 million
Yorbe Vertessen | Union Berlin | Market value: €4 million
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Fixed transfer from PSV Eindhoven | Transfer fee: €4.75 million + 1.25 million bonuses
Kristijan Jakic | FC Augsburg | Market value: €5.5 million
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Loan from Eintracht Frankfurt
Pep Biel | FC Augsburg | Market value: €6 million
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Loan from Olympiacos Piraeus
Borja Iglesias | Bayer Leverkusen | Market value: €8 million
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Loan from Real Betis Sevilla | Rental fee: €1 million
David Jurasek | TSG Hoffenheim | Market value: €8 million
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Loan from Benfica
Donny van de Beek | Eintracht Frankfurt | Market value: €9 million
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Loan from Man United
Attila Szalai | SC Freiburg | Market value: €10 million
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Loan from TSG Hoffenheim
Sasa Kalajdzic | Eintracht Frankfurt | Market value: €11 million
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Loan from Wolverhampton
Eric Dier | FC Bayern Munich | Market value: €12 million
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Loan from Tottenham
Bryan Zaragoza | FC Bayern | Market value: €12 million
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Loan from Granada FC with subsequent purchase
Mahmoud Dahoud | VfB Stuttgart | Market value: €14 million
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Loan from Brighton with option to buy: €9 to €10 million
Hugo Ekitiké | Eintracht Frankfurt | Market value: €15 million
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Loan from PSG with option to buy: €20-30 million
Ian Maatsen | BVB | Market value: €20 million
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Loan from Chelsea
Sacha Boey | FC Bayern Munich | Market value: €22 million
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Fixed transfer from Galatasaray | Transfer fee: €30 million
Eljif Elmas | RB Leipzig | Market value: €24 million
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Fixed transfer from SSC Napoli | Transfer fee: €24 million
Jadon Sancho | BVB | Market value: €25 million
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Loan from Man United
Toppmöller did not gloss over the good results from 2024 so far. “It was already catastrophic against Mainz,” he said, referring to the 1-0 derby win the previous week. His team “simply has to present itself differently in terms of football. And it’s best we start next week.”
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