Eintracht Frankurt: Talent Fabio Blanco dissatisfied – Krösche gives details

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At Eintracht Frankfurt, things are still crunching on many levels. You have to find yourself sporty and in a leadership circle.

Frankfurt – Almost four months ago, in a big FR interview, the newly appointed sports director of Eintracht Frankfurt clearly rejected a major upheaval in the team. “We definitely don’t want that,” said Markus Krösche clearly and explained: “Look: A new sports director is coming, a new coach.” That was input enough. “If you then start to tear apart the team, it will be difficult. I’m not a big fan of high staff turnover. ”It was the beginning of June, the man had only been in office for a few days, and the outlook was still rosy. And the Europa League, where the club will play its second game tomorrow, Thursday, at Royal Antwerp (6.45 p.m. / live TV Now), was the icing on the cake.

Reality caught up with the Frankfurt sports director a bit. The team is in a phase of upheaval, looking for a line, for structure, if not for identity. Last Saturday in the Bundesliga match against 1. FC Köln (1: 1) there were four newcomers in the starting line-up, a fifth came on, and if Christopher Lenz had not been injured, the left-back who had come from Union Berlin would have played from the start . So half of the team was new, and some of them still have to learn how the Bundesliga works, said coach Oliver Glasner. It’s not surprising when players come from Croatia, Colombia, Italy, Denmark.

Despite all the imponderables, the community is surprised at the messed up start. It was clear that not all cogs would mesh equally in terms of sport. Nevertheless, you could expect a much better start to the season, especially since the game plan was almost as if it was painted for Eintracht Frankfurt: After a top-class game, the Hessians always face two or three solvable tasks against teams on an equal footing. After Dortmund at the beginning, Augsburg, Bielefeld and Stuttgart followed, after Wolfsburg 1. FC Köln, after Bayern it will be Hertha and Bochum, after RB Leipzig then Fürth, Freiburg, Union and Hoffenheim, after Leverkusen Mönchengladbach and Mainz. The Frankfurters never have to compete against top clubs two or three times in a row. All the more sad the yield after six match days, five points, 15th place, out of the cup against a third division team, one point internationally. It crunches.

Eintracht Frankfurt: politics around Fabio Blanco

A lot has to be worked in behind the scenes, automatisms have to be found and the right routes have to be found. The changes in the sporting leadership were big, not only in the sporting board and in the head coach position. Assistant and athletic trainers came, in Timmo Harding a new head of the licensed players department, as well as a personal advisor who should give Krösche a hand: Ole Siegel. They too have to find each other first. They all took over from a team that Fredi Bobic put together and some of which moved to Berlin with him. Bobic may not have been an easy contemporary, grumpy, gruff, constantly demanding, but he is one who has mastered the job inside out and has a hand in hand. Under his aegis, Eintracht has made the greatest leap forward in recent history. Not a very easy task for the newcomers.

And they had to clear a few chunks out of the way. The loss of the top scorer André Silva, who moved to RB Leipzig for less than 25 million, was the replacement solution, then Amin Younes developed into a problem case, whose move to Saudi Arabia burst at the last minute. In any case, this case is highly complex, as there are three parties at one table. A solution is still being worked on, Younes, whose qualities on the field would do this team good, is free.

Finally, shortly before the transfer was closed, Filip Kostic provoked his move to Rome. Krösche showed his backbone, also because a bumbling, ridiculously low offer from Italy did not allow any other course of action. Of course, all of this set the scene radiated on the team, there was a latent unrest in the club.

Eintracht Frankfurt: Problem with Fabio Blanco

Markus Krösche has clearly positioned himself with the swelling problem around 17-year-old Fabio Blanco, who is dissatisfied with his current situation in the professional squad, he is completely left out. The Spaniard, hailed as one of the greatest European talents, had chosen Eintracht despite offers from top clubs in Europe because of the good prospects. “The commitment of Fabio Blanco Gómez shows the growing importance of Eintracht Frankfurten,” said board spokesman Axel Hellmann in the summer. His discoverer Ben Manga raved about Blancos “extraordinary technical skills”, Blanco should develop at Eintracht, “he gets this time”.