In one fell swoop, Eintracht Frankfurt earned millions on Wednesday evening. Nevertheless, those responsible do not want to change their transfer strategy
They were allowed to go overboard while celebrating, but on the transfer market they want to be more serious: After the Europa League triumph in Sevilla, Eintracht Frankfurt are planning “no hara-kiri” on the transfer market – despite a hefty additional income from the title and the resulting Champions League qualification.
“The Champions League is of course extraordinary for Eintracht Frankfurt, but we will not change our transfer strategy,” emphasised sporting director Markus Krösche after the 5:4 victory on penalties against Glasgow Rangers on Wednesday evening. “Of course, this is financial income that is extremely good for us after two years of Corona. It helps us extremely for the future.” Nevertheless, he said, they wanted to continue to “work smart and upstream”.
The president also held out no prospect of a shopping spree. “We are not going on a big shopping spree now because we qualified for the Champions League once,” said Peter Fischer. It is true that Eintracht “will perhaps strengthen itself in one position or another. But there will be no hara-kiri at this club.” One will not “tear down all the loans. “
For Kostic & Co. it is: extend or sell
A new aura should nevertheless be created for the club by the title “Europa League winner 2022” – with everything that goes with it. “It’s a bit easier in acquisition if you can say you don’t know if you’re playing Liverpool or Real Madrid, but maybe you’re up for it,” Fischer said. “That sounds better than Greuther Fürth.”
Even before the final, centre-back Tuta had signed an early three-year extension until 2026. It would have been annoying to go into the final year of the contract with the Brazilian and risk a transfer-free departure in 2023. This scenario still looms for Filip Kostic, Daichi Kamada and Evan Ndicka, which is why the slogan was issued months ago: extend or sell.
In the case of Kostic, coach Oliver Glasner already hinted on Wednesday evening: “I don’t think that was his last game. “