Frankfurter Eintracht has not yet announced the completion of reinforcements and departures in the current transfer period.

But it will not be long before your negotiator, sports director Markus Krösche, has created the first facts.

The 41-year-old is in intensive talks with FC Barcelona, ​​among others, who want to bring 17-year-old Fabio Blanco back to Spain.

Jörg Daniels

Editor in the sports department

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The offensive player, who was not taken into account by Eintracht head coach Oliver Glasner in the first half of the season, no longer sees any perspective on the Main.

If a 17-year-old, who has never played football for adults, loses patience, it ends like this, with "all sides dissatisfied," Glasner recently said.

Fabio Blanco, who found his way to Frankfurt from the youth of FC Valencia, is already in Spain.

Krösche rates its departure in winter as very likely.

In the personality of Amin Younes, which is annoying for unity, a solution is also emerging.

The Turkish club Sivasspor from the "Süper Lig" shows serious interest in his commitment.

With Younes' club change, the misunderstanding between him and the Hessians would finally end from the Frankfurt's point of view.

Problem area on the pitch

Eintracht had released the creative player last summer after Younes fell out of favor in Frankfurt due to his fickle behavior.

His departure to Saudi Arabia did not materialize in the previous transfer window.

Later, the former national player was said to have resigned without notice.

The Frankfurters are looking for reinforcements especially for the right-hand side. It is the problem area on the pitch. In the first half of the season, Glasner gave five players the chance to recommend themselves for a regular place with him: Timothy Chandler, Danny da Costa, Almamy Touré, Erik Durm and Aymen Barkok. But none of them - since Costa, Durm and Barkok are now considered candidates for change in the transfer window in January - was able to convince the coach over the long term. Glasner was therefore repeatedly forced to switch in the hope that his candidate would have a better day this time.

After 17 completed matches, more personal continuity should return on the flank in the second half of the season.

For the offensive part, Eintracht has chosen Faride Alidou as a wish reinforcement.

The Frankfurters are already in agreement with the 20-year-old winger from Hamburger SV, who mostly pulled his lanes there on the left.

Eintracht has offered him a contract until July 1, 2026.

Now both clubs are negotiating the transfer fee.

"There was contact with Eintracht, but we have different ideas," said Hamburg sports director Jonas Boldt in a recent interview.

The HSV, which had originally hoped for a transfer fee of over one million euros for his home grown, is now calling for around 500,000 euros - which his Frankfurt colleague Markus Krösche does not want to pay.

The Hessians are said to have initially offered well below 500,000 euros for Alidou.

His contract expires after this season, the talent would be free of charge in the summer.

In this respect, it is quite possible that the negotiating partners will find a compromise solution this month.

At HSV, Alidou has had two hits and four assists in nine games in this second division season so far.

The U-20 international refused to extend his contract in Hamburg.

He sees his future one league higher at Eintracht.