Shortly before the transfer deadline, Frankfurt loaned attacker Hugo Ekitiké, and the 21-year-old could become the club’s record purchase in the summer. Although he hasn’t played at all at Paris Saint-Germain recently, the Hessians expect a lot in the long term.
Two weeks ago, on the shuttle ride from Munich airport to the television studio in Unterföhring, Axel Hellmann was expecting a call from Nasser Al-Khelaifi at any moment. The CEO of Eintracht Frankfurt and the president of Paris Saint-Germain are not only connected through their activities at the European football association Uefa (one sits on the club licensing committee, the other on the executive committee), but there was a need to talk about a transfer.