Overview
- Multiple Italian outlets reported over the weekend and into Monday that AC Milan has advanced talks or a verbal agreement to hire Markus Krösche as Head of Football, with reports saying he might bring colleague Timmo Hardung.
- Eintracht officials, including president Mathias Beck and supervisory bodies, have publicly denied any formal approach from Milan and said they have no indication Krösche plans to leave before his 2028 contract ends.
- Reporting and club sources say Krösche does not have a usable summer exit clause, so any departure this summer would need Eintracht’s consent and would likely involve negotiated compensation for the club.
- Krösche is credited with large net transfer gains and Eintracht’s recent European success but also accepts responsibility for last season’s mistakes, which leaves the club in a sensitive rebuild phase that officials say he should oversee.
- Watch for three next steps: whether Milan makes a formal, written approach to Eintracht, what demand or fee the Eintracht main committee sets for a release, and whether Milan finalises its reported coach and sporting‑office hires that prompted the executive search.