Eintracht Frankfurt are showing signs of momentum on the pitch, yet the club's off-field situation remains unsettled. A 3-1 Bundesliga win over Hamburger SV on November 1 lifted the Hessen to eighth place with 11 points from eight games, continuing a run of form that also included a 3-1 DFB-Pokal victory over the same opponents days earlier. Back-to-back wins over Hamburg suggest Adi Hütter is finding some consistency after a turbulent start to the season that included a 0-6 collapse against RB Leipzig.

The bigger story, though, surrounds the club's search for a new sporting director following Markus Krösche's departure. Their top target, former SGE captain Christoph Spycher, turned them down, and Marcel Schäfer of RB Leipzig is no longer in the running. That leaves Joti Chatzialexiou of 1. FC Nürnberg as the leading candidate, with talks already held according to Sky. A transfer fee in the low single-digit millions would be required to release him from his contract, though Nürnberg have denied any contact. The club's CEO Axel Hellmann has pushed for a quick resolution ahead of the January transfer window.

Adding further intrigue is the situation around Younes Ebnoutalib, whose rapid rise has attracted reported interest from Juventus and Tottenham. The 23-year-old striker has six goals this season and is set for contract talks, now to be handled by the incoming Chatzialexiou. Frankfurt next travel to Paderborn on November 7.