Rarely has a loan paid off more than that of Ansgar Knauff to Eintracht Frankfurt. At BVB, the track player commuted between reserve and professional team, in Frankfurt he played a major role in the Europa League title. Consequently, Frankfurt would like to keep the native of Göttingen, but Borussia has other plans.
According to information from the ‘Ruhr Nachrichten’, Knauff is firmly scheduled to return to Dortmund for the coming season. There he should heat up the competition with Karim Adeyemi and Donyell Malen on the flank. With this perspective, the loan player should be convinced of a new start at Signal Iduna Park.
Knauff should sign a new BVB contract
The only problem: the 20-year-old is only under contract at Rheinlanddamm until 2024. Accordingly, the contract is to be extended in the near future. As the ‘Ruhr Nachrichten’ continues to report, the talks should “start at the beginning of the year”. A free transfer in a year and a half “The club definitely wants to prevent”.
This is exactly where Eintracht wants to start. Sports director Markus Krösche has already personally signaled to Knauff that they want to keep him. If the seven-time U21 international decides to do so, the clubs would have to negotiate a fee. Because the Hessians could not secure a purchase option about a year ago.
Terzic plans with Knauff
However, Edin Terzic recently signaled that he does not want to let Knauff go without a fight. “The clear plan is for him to return to us in the summer”, emphasized the BVB coach, under whom the right-footed player made his professional debut in March 2021. It is doubtful whether the eight million euros transfer fee recently rumored by the Frankfurt media will be enough to convince the Knauff promoter of the opposite.
