“Ultimately, we even have to speak about gamers who got here in and did not make a case for extra enjoying time,” defined a visibly irritated Dino Toppmöller after Frankfurt’s latest 4-3 away victory towards FC Köln.
As soon as once more, Eintracht’s Elye Wahi and Jean-Mattéo Bahoya confirmed their much less favorable sides. Are they even perhaps on the verge of jeopardizing their Bundesliga futures?
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Wahi may at the very least expertise a big profession setback beginning this winter. In keeping with ‘Bild’, Toppmöller has misplaced belief within the 22-year-old. Sports activities director Markus Krösche additionally emphasised that the Hessians are prone to signal at the very least one new striker within the winter. There appears to be no place left for Wahi.
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Since his winter switch in January 2025, the Frenchman has carried out nothing to advertise himself. After SGE shelled out a proud 26 million for him, he collected extra yellow playing cards (two) than targets scored (one). His market worth additionally dropped, in line with ‘Transfermarkt.de’, from 25 million to 18 million euros since his transfer from Marseille. Not an excellent signal at that age for a footballer.
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If the striker would not lastly ignite by the winter break, Eintracht will incur a big switch loss – and Wahi will in all probability not discover himself at a Champions League membership any time quickly. Talking of the Champions League.
The celebrated competitors additionally satisfied Jean-Mattéo Bahoya to stick with Eintracht in the summertime, as he emphasised to ‘L’Équipe’: “I wish to have an ideal season and compete within the Champions League.”
The 20-year-old, who joined Eintracht from Angers for eight million in January 2024, adopted his phrases with actions initially of the season. Along with Can Uzun, he dismantled Werder Bremen and scored his first Bundesliga double. After which?
Then it steadily went downhill. In 9 league, 4 CL, and one cup match, he solely added yet another help. Whereas the same-aged Uzun established himself as a transparent starter after the opener towards Bremen, Bahoya discovered himself on the bench from the seventh matchday. Liverpool wouldn’t have missed this.
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In keeping with English media stories, the Reds inquired concerning the winger as lately as October – a winter switch was even on the desk. His excessive pace and powerful approach reportedly caught the Reds’ consideration. Nevertheless, after Toppmöller’s cautionary phrases, a transfer to the Premier League appears fairly unlikely for the time being.
Nonetheless, Bahoya ought to fear much less about his Bundesliga future than Wahi. Eintracht will probably give the 20-year-old, who’s below contract till 2029, at the very least till the summer time to steer his sporting future in a optimistic course.
Firstly, as a result of he has already demonstrated his talents at the start of this season. Secondly, as a result of the Hessians – much like the latest case with Hugo Ekitiké – hope for top switch revenues from the French high expertise sooner or later. Nevertheless, Bahoya nonetheless must do a lot, far more to advertise himself.
This text was translated into English by Synthetic Intelligence.
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