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When the news about Adi Hütter’s record coach transfer from Frankfurt to Gladbach ran over the airwaves on Tuesday, the Salzburg Red Bull section will probably have toasted with joy. At least a little. Not because the domestic series champion also recorded this change and would have further fattened the transfer surpluses, which are impressive even according to international criteria; but because the ex-ex-ex-trainer of the serial champion once walked in resentment and later missed the well-established bull empire in favor of the little Young Boys Bern.
This is because Hütter no longer wanted to be part of the multi-million dollar transfer carousel with its annual player sell-out and “didn’t want to lose face” as a result. That was in 2015. In principle, it was very beneficial for Hütter’s coaching career to have taken this step – but as far as the moral standards of the time are concerned, the following applies: Truth is a daughter of time.
Because football fans, especially those of Eintracht, can rub their eyes in amazement, which is why Hütter is switching to Gladbach now and of all places. After all, Frankfurt is considered one of the great traditional German clubs, is a founding member of the Bundesliga, and like the club, the fans enjoy cult status. Well, almost everything could be said about the foals, but Gladbach is currently not at eye level with the Adler: A season without a European Cup threatens, while Hütter is about to lead Eintracht into the Champions League for the first time. Sorry, but in such a situation you only leave when Barcelona or Liverpool call. Unless there is so much pain money on it that you quickly forget the anthem of the premier class. Just like your own moral claims from before and the most recent oaths of loyalty (“I stay!”)
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