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Frankfurt / Main (dpa) - Champions League or 2nd league?
Speculations about Fredi Bobic's future range between these sporting extremes.
While Eintracht Frankfurt and its sports director, which has been successful for years, are striving towards the premier class, Hertha BSC is threatened with falling out of the Bundesliga.
And yet the rumors about a possible move of the ex-national player to Berlin persist.
Bobic himself is doing little to end the debate.
The clubs involved are keeping a low profile.
Bobic has proven himself to be a doer and modernizer in Frankfurt.
Relegation, DFB Cup victory in 2018, storm into the Europa League semi-finals and again and again amazing transfers that washed millions into the Frankfurters' cashier.
No wonder this man arouses desires.
There are no official statements from Berlin, where the big city dream is being rearranged after many setbacks and long-term manager Michael Preetz's leave of absence.
Frankfurt will not voluntarily let go of the object of desire.
A spokesman for the club referred on Tuesday only to a statement by the Eintracht supervisory board chairman Philip Holzer, who in turn referred to the contract dated until 2023 and to "discussions about the future direction of the so far very successful cooperation".
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The 49-year-old Bobic has so far only responded evasively to the speculations.
"Nobody knows what the future will bring," said the native Slovene.
Despite the soaring in the Bundesliga and the prospect of moving into the premier class as fourth in the table, a commitment to the capital club, which is only one point before a relegation place, should be a tempting challenge for him - with the additional attraction again with his wife and two daughters To be able to live in Berlin.
In Frankfurt, Bobic, who was previously sports director at the Bulgarian club Tschernomoretz Burgas and at VfB Stuttgart, took his master's exam as a football manager with a flair for once affordable players and talents such as Ante Rebic, Sébastien Haller or Luka Jovic, with whom Eintracht for It caused a sensation and raised a three-digit million euro amount on the sale.
The clever personnel policy brought the Frankfurters great success.
Engaging the Austrian Adi Hütter, who keeps the Hessians on the road to success after the transfer of the storming buffalo herd and the farewell to Niko Kovac, was another stroke of luck á la Bobic.
In striker André Silva and defender Evan N'Dicka, two young professionals have matured again, whose transfer market value has increased immensely.
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Instead of continuing to work on the continuation of the success story, Bobic would have to work again at Hertha BSC as the successor to Preetz.
There should be no lack of money thanks to Windhorst.
The transfer fee shouldn't be a problem for Berliners.
Millions investor Lars Windhorst only recently referred to Hessen.
«Take a look at Frankfurt.
They didn't have any external funding and will probably still reach the Champions League, ”said the donor.
That's exactly where Hertha wants to go.
And Bobic would fit the pattern.
Then Eintracht would have to reposition itself, as sports director Bruno Huebner will definitely stop at the end of the season.
Christoph Spycher is a candidate to succeed Bobic.
The former Frankfurt captain is head of sport at Young Boys Bern and won the Swiss championship title with today's Eintracht coach Hütter in 2018.
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