“Eintracht Frankfurt and Coach Oliver Glasner Part Ways After Cup Final”

According to a media report, Eintracht Frankfurt and coach Oliver Glasner will part ways after the cup final in Berlin. After a short-term crisis summit with the coach and sports director Markus Krösche on Monday, the decision was made, BILD reported in the evening. The Austrian should remain in office until the cup final on June 3 against Leipzig.

Glasner: RB past

The 48-year-old Austrian would go into the final as a “lame duck”. A mortgage for the “eagles”, who will either throw everything into the balance for the coach with whom they won the Europa League last summer, or will not reach the highest level of motivation.

Glasner, who worked in management at Red Bull Salzburg and then became a coach on the recommendation of ex-RB general sports director Ralf Rangnick, still has a contract with the Hessians until summer 2024.

Glasner is reportedly traded at several top international clubs. In Frankfurt, ex-RB assistant coach Dino Toppmöller and Salzburg coach Matthias Jaissle are considered candidates for a possible successor.

Red card and angry speech

The traditional club from Frankfurt is currently in crisis. Glasner lost his temper at the 1: 3 at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim at the weekend. On the lawn, he saw the red card for lack of discipline, and in the press conference he launched into an angry speech. All players and sports director Krösche (42) did not initially comment after the game.

On Sunday, Glasner was then clearly reprimanded by board spokesman Axel Hellmann for his interview. Hellmann publicly doubted a future together with the coach for the first time.

In the spring, Eintracht wanted to extend Glasner beyond 2024. But the coach didn’t accept it at first and justified it like this: “If I’m selfish, I’ll extend the contract, get more money, have an exit clause written in it, and if they kick me out, I’ll get more money too. That’s selfishness. But I don’t do that because it’s about much more than these banalities.”