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“Of course we are thinking about what role he could take on in the future and whether he can be part of the team. But we haven’t decided anything yet,” said the Eintracht Frankfurt sporting director, Timmo Hardung, in October on Leeds loanee Rasmus Kristensen The 27-year-old right-back was with the Eagles until he injured his thigh in the 1-1 draw against Union. Berlin. Eintracht has a purchase option which, according to media reports, is between 10 and 15 million euros. This latter sum is now mentioned by “Bild” and writes that Eintracht only wants to recruit the Dane. for a much lower amount.
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The report says Frankfurt want to trade Leeds ‘well below the 10 million mark’. Kristensen’s market value is 10 million euros. The Hessians have only put a double-digit sum on the table seven times in their history and none of the players was over 23 (at the time of Frankfurt’s record arrivals). More recently, new national U21 player Nnamdi Collins (20), who currently lives at center, has impressed in place of Kristensen. With Elias Baum (19 years old; Elversberg), Eintracht has given another great talent to the right side of the defense.
Sports director Markus Krösche told the newspaper about Kristensen: “We are completely satisfied with him, he is an important part of the group. He brought a winning mentality, but also an aggressiveness. He’s someone who pushes young people and supports them positively, but who also rips their asses off sometimes. Rasmus is extremely important to us.