What does the term timely mean?

Eintracht CFO Oliver Frankenbach has a clear personal idea: “Seven to ten days.” A few minutes earlier he had announced that the name of the new Eintracht trainer would be announced “promptly”, which sparked speculation during a video conference on Whitsunday.

Frankenbach confirmed that the new coach would be announced before the new sports director Markus Krösche took office on June 1st.

"In this case, the trainer would not be presented until a few days later, in the presence of Markus Krösche."

Peter Hess

Sports editor.

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    Actually, this virtual meeting of media representatives and the Eintracht board members Frankenbach and Axel Hellmann was planned as a season-end conference.

    But the view quickly went to the future.

    Frankenbach, as a financial expert, gave a lecture on the sporting situation.

    Transitional phase Bobic / Krösche

    In the transition phase Bobic / Krösche it is up to him to push things forward together with the director of professional football Ben Manga, since sports director Bruno Huebner is no longer active for his last days at Eintracht.

    How does that look in practice?

    “Ben Manga and I initiated litigation.

    After Krösche started work unofficially, processes were passed on to him, and since he cannot officially appear yet, he in turn gives processes back to us. "

    All right? If not: Before reaching an agreement with the new sports board, Manga compiled a list of trainer candidates, which was worked through at the exploratory level in consultation with the board and supervisory board chief Philip Holzer. After Krösche is on board, the helmsman sets the course without turning the steering wheel, as his contract is not yet valid. The cooperation is close, however, affirms Frankenbach. “We call at least once a day.” The CFO praises the new colleague as “an absolute team player. He is busy, with lots of ideas, to develop the club in many directions. ”CEO Hellmann even claims:“ Markus Krösche understood Eintracht. ”

    The fact that "no white smoke could rise" when looking for a coach worries Frankenbach less than the public.

    The board did not comment on any of the dozen names raised as candidates by the media.

    But he did not hide the fact that not only did Eintracht cancel interested parties, but also vice versa.

    What for him does not mean to be back at the beginning of the search, the list has not yet been worked through: "That is simply because some are only ready for talks when the season is over or they have reached their goal for the season", so Frankenbach.

    Favre, Kohfeldt, Villas-Boas?

    This remark leads to the guesswork of who will be, to think about coaches who are successful and are still under contract with other clubs. The Bundesliga is a shark tank, the big ones eat the little ones. And after Bayern have swallowed Kovac and Gladbacher Hütter, Eintracht could feel an appetite for Urs Fischer from Union Berlin or Pellegrino Matarazzo from VfB Stuttgart or Bo Svensson from Mainz 05, just to name three examples from the Bundesliga.

    Had Bruno Labbadia or Markus Gisdol come into question, the negotiations would probably have started long ago. The two coaches, who last worked in Berlin and Cologne, are free, as are Peter Bosz (Bayer Leverkusen), Lucien Favre (Borussia Dortmund), Heiko Herrlich (FC Augsburg) and Florian Kohfeldt (Werder Bremen). This list alone shows how fast the coaching carousel turns, how far the circle of candidates can be drawn. Looking abroad, the perspective opens up again dramatically. Domenico Tedesco is leaving Spartak Moscow, Daniel Farke has just been promoted to the Premier League for the second time with Norwich City and could be looking for a new challenge.