Rom, Milan, Turin – in recent years, Filip Kostic has been drawn to Italy with a vengeance. Alone: He still wears the dress of Eintracht. Ever since the Frankfurt soccer pros started training again and Kostic mingled with his old and new playmates for the first time on Thursday, the Serbs have been seen as cheerful, exuberant and relaxed. His new great love Juve? Seems to be a bit far away at the moment.
Cheering gesture as an announcement
Markus Krösche, Eintracht’s sports director, believes “that Filip is not sitting on packed suitcases”. In the training camp in Windischgarsten he is the best player of the past Europa League season.
The man who, with his goals, crosses and finesse, is one of the reasons that the Seville coup really turned out to be something.
Unforgettable is the scene when Kostic posed with his shirt off after the furious quarter-final spectacle at FC Barcelona.
What could be interpreted as a supposed farewell gesture was not. It was an announcement. Kostic did not see himself and Eintracht in this grandiose European Cup campaign at the end of all possibilities.
What is possible in the future with Kostic? Will he stay with the club where he made his international breakthrough? Or will there still be a move to the land of his longings before the transfer deadline on September 1st?
The Eintracht managers are not building up any pressure. They know it’s Kostic’s turn and determines how and where things go with him. The fact is: he is contractually bound until mid-2023. Mario Götze’s contract runs two more years. Kostic and Götze together in a team – that would please coach Oliver Glasner. And the many supporters who sympathize with Eintracht too. All Kostic has to do is say yes. Yes to unity. If he wants it.
