Belgium instead of Bundesliga.

Like Tuta and Daichi Kamada before him, Jens Petter Hauge is now going abroad for a development year.

Eintracht have had good experiences in Belgium with the Brazilian and the Japanese on loan.

Both Tuta and Kamada have returned from their instructive stints in the neighboring country in good shape to be ready for the top-notch demands of Germany.

The Norwegian Hauge is not ready to help Eintracht sustainably and permanently.

A few good performances are offset by a number of weak performances.

The Scandinavian, once loaned to Frankfurt from AC Milan as a hopeful offensive player and recently signed for ten million euros until mid-2026, has not yet met the high expectations.

Mighty footsteps

The Tuta and Kamada cases have shown that this need not be the end of all hopes.

The change of location and league has done the Eintracht duo extremely well in Belgium at their stations in Kortrijk and Sint-Truiden.

Hauge can do the same in Ghent.

So it may be that Hauge will still take action and the patience of those responsible will pay off.

But what about the Pellegrini personnel?

The 23-year-old Italian should immediately follow in big, powerful footsteps.

Chosen as Filip Kostic's successor, the pressure on the left winger is enormous.

At his club Juventus Turin, to which he switched from AS Roma in 2019 for a lavish 22 million euros, he was unable to assert himself.

This explains the loan deals with Cagliari and Genoa.

In addition, a number of injuries threw him back again and again.

So now Frankfurt.

In the game forward, the long-standing domain of the dangerous Kostic, who also knew how to shine as a reliable preparer, Pellegrini should have power.

Pellegrini also feels comfortable in the back four, as long as they play a key role in coach Oliver Glasner's tactical plans in the future.

Power itself is good.

Consistent success is better.

After the two clear defeats against Munich and Madrid, the draw in Berlin showed that the ambitious Eintracht still have a lot of work to do in this demanding season.