| End Clubs and In-between Clubs 08:34 - Jul 23 with 967 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
An interesting article about the German Brentford, Eintracht Frankfurt, developing players and selling them.
“This is what I tell the players: ‘If your development is faster than our development as a club, and I get the money I expect, I will let you go’. This is why so many young talents like to come to Frankfurt, because we know what we have to do to develop them.
“Selling players is part of my job. I am not emotional about it. It’s business.”
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6508175/2025/07/23/eintracht-frankfurt-hugo-eki |  | | |  |
| End Clubs and In-between Clubs on 08:40 - Jul 23 with 900 views | SimonBatfordITFC |
Surprising to see a manager saying it out loud but deep down most of us know that’s the case. I said a while ago that Delap and Hutch simply wouldn’t have come here unless we’d agreed to be a stepping stone along their way back to the big 6. Brentford will be just another step along the way.
I got pelters for daring to say it out loud it though! | |
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| End Clubs and In-between Clubs on 09:27 - Jul 23 with 740 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| End Clubs and In-between Clubs on 08:40 - Jul 23 by SimonBatfordITFC |
Surprising to see a manager saying it out loud but deep down most of us know that’s the case. I said a while ago that Delap and Hutch simply wouldn’t have come here unless we’d agreed to be a stepping stone along their way back to the big 6. Brentford will be just another step along the way.
I got pelters for daring to say it out loud it though! |
Did we agree that we would let them use us as a stepping stone at a loss to the club? Or are we only waiting for Transfermarkt to increase their valuation? |  |
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| End Clubs and In-between Clubs on 10:32 - Jul 24 with 425 views | SimonBatfordITFC |
| End Clubs and In-between Clubs on 09:27 - Jul 23 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Did we agree that we would let them use us as a stepping stone at a loss to the club? Or are we only waiting for Transfermarkt to increase their valuation? |
We didn’t make a loss on Delap and it sounds like we’ll make a tidy profit on Hutch too, so not sure what point you’re trying to make? | |
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| End Clubs and In-between Clubs on 10:39 - Jul 24 with 389 views | tractorshark |
I think my friends at Eintracht Frankfurt would be deeply offended by the comparison with Brentford given their history.
But, yes, they are very good at developing talent and selling it on for big profit.
And in many cases, those players aren’t as successful as they were at Eintracht.
Jovic, Haller, Andre Silva (the other one) and Kolo Muani have all gone for big money and then faded. | | | |
| End Clubs and In-between Clubs on 10:45 - Jul 24 with 364 views | tonybied |
| End Clubs and In-between Clubs on 10:32 - Jul 24 by SimonBatfordITFC |
We didn’t make a loss on Delap and it sounds like we’ll make a tidy profit on Hutch too, so not sure what point you’re trying to make? |
Is your login a shared login? If not, I think you may have memory issues. |  | | |
| End Clubs and In-between Clubs on 10:52 - Jul 24 with 326 views | itfctilidie |
yeah, that German Brentford with their 58,000 stadium and trophy cabinet including a Bundesliga and European trophy |  | | |
| End Clubs and In-between Clubs on 11:05 - Jul 24 with 282 views | SimonBatfordITFC |
| End Clubs and In-between Clubs on 10:45 - Jul 24 by tonybied |
Is your login a shared login? If not, I think you may have memory issues. |
Bought Delap for £20 million, sold him for £30 million (checked online to make sure I didn’t remember it wrong). 30% to City so we made £7 million profit. Not bad for a season I’d say.
And the fact he had a release clause suggest that we had agreed to being a stepping stone. | |
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