Hütter: Schlager would have been interesting

In his first year at Eintracht Frankfurt, Adi Hütter experienced an emotional roller coaster ride: after the early cup match against SSV Ulm, the Hessians played furiously in the Europa League and were only eliminated in the penalty shoot-out against Chelsea FC in the semi-finals.

With income from the international trophy and the departure of storm jewel Luka Jovic to Real Madrid (70 million euros), management planning is in full swing. Especially in the central midfield, the Frankfurters are currently looking for reinforcements. With Djibril Sow from Young Boys Bern, an old student of Adi Hütter could already be engaged, even the borrowed Sebastian Rode is still to come.

As Adi Hütter reveals in a Krone interview, an Austrian was also high on the wish list: Hütter could have well imagined Xaver Schlager in the Adler jersey: “He would have been interesting. But also the Salzburgers have a certain price.”

The race for the midfield engine was finally won by VfL Wolfsburg, where he wants to take his next career step under former LASK coach Oliver Glasner.

In Martin Hinteregger’s alternating poker between Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Augsburg, no agreement seems to have been reached yet: “Everything is open with him, we’re fighting for his whereabouts. But he has to go to the Augsburg opening.” Crystal Palace and Lazio Rom should also be interested in the central defender.