Monday April 12, 2021
Does it just depend on the timing?
Gladbach is probably “very far” with Hütter
According to media reports, the successor to Marco Rose at Borussia Mönchengladbach has largely been clarified: Frankfurt’s successful coach Adi Hütter will take over for the new season on the Lower Rhine instead of enjoying the fruits of his great work with the Hessians.
According to media reports, a possible commitment by coach Adi Hütter to Bundesliga soccer club Borussia Mönchengladbach is getting closer. The club and the coach from Eintracht Frankfurt are very far in terms of cooperation, reported the “kicker”. Whether there is already an agreement is open. An agreement that has already been reached would also be “no longer a surprise”. The 51-year-old Austrian has a contract with Eintracht until 2023, but probably an exit clause, which should be a proud 7.5 million euros. Sport1 also reported that both parties had become closer.
After the 4: 3 over VfL Wolfsburg, through which the Hessians secured their comfortable lead over Borussia Dortmund and Europa League place 5, Hütter no longer wanted to comment on questions about his future. Gladbach’s sporting director Max Eberl recently stated that it was very clear in your head who should become the new coach.
Is it just about the right date?
As currently fourth in the table, Hütter could lead Eintracht into the Champions League for the first time in their club’s history. On Saturday (3.30 p.m. / Sky) Mönchengladbach and Frankfurt will meet in the Bundesliga, and Frankfurt will host FC Augsburg on the following Tuesday. If Hütters team wins both games, then mathematically the qualification for the premier class could already be determined. It is quite possible that everyone involved is waiting for the big goal to be achieved, before something definitive is announced. Gladbach’s Vice President Rainer Bonhof said in an interview with the Rheinische Post on the weekend about the status of the search for a coach: “We are on the long home straight and will speak out in due course.”
The best opportunity to announce something big is probably after the 31st matchday, when the Bundesliga takes a short break from the DFB Cup. However, the team is remarkably unimpressed by the speculations that have been going on for weeks about their successful coach, in the second half of the season it hailed points above all against the top teams of the league: three each against Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, VfL Wolfsburg and Union Berlin, plus one against RB Leipzig. Midfielder Sebastian Rode confirmed the impression recently after the seven-goal spectacle against VfL Wolfsburg: “We have our flow and concentrate on the things that we can influence. Namely, to keep going on the field and in training.”
Double shock for unity
Eintracht Frankfurt would be hit hard by the departure of Hütters, who had gradually developed the team since he took office in 2018 as the successor to Fredi Bobic, who had migrated to FC Bayern: With sports director Fredi Bobic, the second master builder of the astonishing success of the Hessians is also about to say goodbye at the end of the season.
In Mönchengladbach, Hütter would not be able to enjoy major Champions League evenings for the time being: After the 2-2 draw against Hertha BSC, the gap to Eintracht Frankfurt is already 13 points, and a qualification for the Europa League appears given six points Behind the fifth Borussia Dortmund rather questionable. Worse: According to the current standings, Gladbach would not be represented internationally in eighth place in the coming season.
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