Eintracht Frankfurt are searching for a successor to sporting director Markus Krösche and have TSG Hoffenheim's Andreas Schicker on their shortlist. The 40-year-old, who has been Hoffenheim's managing director of sport since October 2024, is being evaluated by Frankfurt's board members Mathias Beck and Axel Hellmann. The search is taking place against the backdrop of an unsettled season: Eintracht Frankfurt sit 11th in the Bundesliga table with eight points from six games, having recorded two wins, two draws and two defeats.
Schicker is credited with being the architect of Hoffenheim's sporting rise, transforming the club from a relegation candidate to a European competition participant. A move to Frankfurt could cost Eintracht a transfer fee in the region of two million euros. No concrete talks have taken place between the parties yet.
"That Schicker is fundamentally open to a club change was evident almost a year ago," it was stated. At that time, VfL Wolfsburg made intensive efforts to secure his services, but Schicker remained at Hoffenheim.
Other names are also being linked with the position alongside Schicker. These include Christoph Spycher of Young Boys Bern, Joti Chatzialexiou of 1. FC Nürnberg and Benjamin Weber of FC Augsburg. The sporting situation shows the importance of the upcoming personnel decision. The team recently won 1-0 against 1. FC Köln, following a 6-0 defeat in Leipzig the week before. Their last five competitive matches show a record of three wins, one draw and one defeat, with the win over Köln coming via a 77th-minute goal from Younes Ebnoutalib. The team has scored ten goals this season but conceded sixteen.
The current top scorer is Younes Ebnoutalib with five goals in six appearances. The next tough fixture is away at Borussia Dortmund, the current second-placed team, on Saturday 24 October. In the standings, the gap to the top is six points. The potential fee for Krösche, should he move to AC Milan, is estimated at up to five million euros.
This story first appeared at Bild
