On Monday, Oliver Glasner no longer made a big secret about André Silva's successor before 4 p.m.

"I hope that we can report completion in the next few hours, maybe days," said the new Eintracht coach just before the start of the second week of training this season.

The Austrian might not be the one to pronounce the name, but indirectly confirmed that the new striker is Colombian Rafael Santos Borré.

Peter Hess

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    And an hour later, the official confirmation came: The 25-year-old Colombian, who will face Argentina in the semi-finals of the Copa America on Wednesday with his national team, joins Eintracht. The contract runs for four years. Borrè is on a free transfer, his contract with River Plate Buenos Aires expired on July 1. "He's the player who brings the speed and depth that we want to have reinforced," said Glasner.

    In the next sentence, the 46-year-old football teacher made it clear that the 1.74-meter-tall attacker could not be “the”, but “a” successor to Silva.

    “Nowhere does it work that a 28-goal striker is replaced by a new 28-goal striker.

    We don't want to put the sign on any striker to score 28 goals. ”Rather, he and the team are called upon to find solutions so that the burden of scoring goals is distributed across different shoulders.

    Dejan Joveljic is back too

    Glasner wants the greatest possible flexibility. "Flexibility increases the likelihood of success," said the Austrian in his first conversation with the FAZ. The possibility of reviving a stalled game through system and / or personnel changes is very important to him. In relation to the storm game, this means: "We need strikers who can utilize Kostic's outstanding crosses, and we need strikers who can benefit from the passports of an Amin Younes or Daichi Kamada."

    Since Borré is only 1.74 meters tall, the question immediately arose whether Eintracht would sign a massive, large header specialist. "Let's see," said Glasner for a clear answer. “It's the beginning of July and the transfer window ends at the end of August. But we already have a penalty area striker in Goncalo Paciencia. ”The returnee from Schalke 04 gets just as much a chance at the Austrian to play into the team as Dejan Joveljic. "He brought the business card for 17 goals with him from Wolfsberg," says Glasner. Ragnar Ache has also impressed him with his commitment in training so far.

    After a week of training, the Eintracht coach has the same positive impression as before his arrival in Frankfurt.

    “The squad is very well put together.

    Nobody should leave the flag anymore.

    I would be happy if he would stay together like that, but I can't guarantee it. "

    However, Eintracht is prepared for everything, even if there should suddenly be offers for Kostic, Ndicka, Kamada and Hinteregger.

    Hinteregger had caused unrest a few days ago in an interview with the Austrian "Kronen-Zeitung" when he spoke of his dream of playing in the Italian Serie A one day.

    Glasner is not worried.

    “I've known Martin for many years, nothing scares me about him.

    A sentence like this makes me smile, I'm very relaxed. "

    Glasner looks satisfied

    In general, Glasner made a satisfied impression on Monday.

    "I see a very high level of commitment, but you can also expect that, everyone wants to show themselves to the new coach." You can speak of a general optimism in the Frankfurt squad, because a lot of new employees have come together.

    Trainers, cotrainers, athletic trainers, analysts, nutritionists, team managers, all of these positions have been filled - the team is in the process of getting to know each other.

    “It's very exciting right now,” says Glasner.

    He doesn't mention that it's exhausting, but rather says.

    "Everyone wants to know something about the new boss, but the boss also wants to know something about every new employee."

    He talked to defender Evan Ndicka about his defensive game. The 21-year-old French talent also sees himself as a defensive midfielder, coach Adi Hütter also saw him as a left full-back. Glasner leaves no doubt: “I clearly see Ndicka in the center. His setup is great: the size, the speed, the strength of the duel, the header game. We discussed that he still has room for improvement in terms of tactical behavior. "