The rumors are swirling at the moment, and that comes as no surprise just days before the January 31 Bundesliga transfer window closes.

After that, Eintracht Frankfurt will become an important energy supplier for Mainz 05, because after Dominik Kohr, Ragnar Ache, Aymen Barkok and Danny da Costa are said to be on their way to their neighbors on the Rhine.

The veracity?

You worry.

Peter Hess

sports editor.

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It is undisputed that the Rheinhessen need a striker, could get a talented attacking midfielder cheaply in Barkok, who would have what it takes to develop more splendidly with them than he has done so far in Frankfurt and that da Costa already gave them in the past second half of the season as a loan player. It is also true that Eintracht would like to slim down their squad because their financial leeway is very small at the moment. But all the arguments are not so compelling that deliberations have to be followed by actions.

The financial strain in Frankfurt is so great that the rumored signing of Leverkusen striker Lukas Alario would only be possible with pain.

How great is the suffering in the sporting leadership of Eintracht given the current striker situation in the squad?

Sports director Markus Krösche repeated the sentence he had already used at the beginning of the winter break until Friday: “We are satisfied with the squad.

it is not planned to do much.

But you shouldn't rule anything out.

We'll see."

A lot has already happened for this announcement with the loan of Ansgar Knauff from Borussia Dortmund.

And when you look at it calmly, the offensive performance is not so bad that it would be absolutely necessary to dig into your pockets again.

The trio Borré, Lindström, Kamada has found each other.

And as nice as it would be to still have a real goalscorer like Alario in the opponent's penalty area: Eintracht's goal tally wasn't really scary until matchday 20.

So far, there has been some evidence that the Frankfurt transfer market will remain calm.

But that doesn't have to last until Monday.

The football business is always good for surprises.