Oliver Glasner will step down as coach of Eintracht Frankfurt at the end of this season, a year before his contract expires, after the team’s poor results in recent weeks have also caused internal tensions, the club said in a statement released on Tuesday. fair.
The 48-year-old Austrian coach led the Frankfurt team to winning the Europa League last season and could say goodbye with another title, if Eintracht win the German Cup on June 3 against RB Leipzig, in Berlin.
ℹ️ Eintracht Frankfurt and Oliver Glasner go their separate ways at the end of the season.
After intensive discussions and a detailed analysis with Oliver Glasner, Eintracht Frankfurt decided to end the cooperation after the 2022/23 season.#SGE
— Eintracht Frankfurt (@Eintracht) May 9, 2023
Despite these victories and a good start to the season, Eintracht are ten consecutive games without a win and were eliminated in the round of 16 of the Champions League against Napoli by a resounding 5-0 on aggregate.
Nine rounds from the end of the Bundesliga, Eintracht occupies the 9th place, five points behind Bayer Leverkusen, sixth and last that would qualify for European competitions (in this case, the Conference League).
The climate at the club has also worsened in recent weeks between the coach and his managers due to the different points of view in the preparation of the squad for the next season and the possible transfer to Bayern Munich of the French striker Randal Kolo, a highlight of Glasner’s team in the last year, since when he arrived from Nantes.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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