Eintracht digs deep into its pockets: this is how much YB received for the Amenda transfer

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Last summer it was clear that it would not be cheap for the club, which wanted to bring in the very talented central defender Aurèle Amenda (20). There have already been some very concrete offers for the Seeländer. Also from the Eredivisie. Part of this was even higher than the 15 million that Eintracht Frankfurt now has to transfer to Bern. But then it didn’t quite fit. Neither from the timing, nor from the clubs. But now!

On the same level as Rieder

And so the national U21 player moves to the German financial metropolis Frankfurt. To where Djibril Sow moved in 2019. Also from YB. For 14 million euros. The player from Zurich remained the YB record transfer for a long time. Until Fabian Rieder surpassed him when he moved to Rennes in August last year. For 15 million euros, like Amenda.

He is followed by the aforementioned Sow for 14 million and Denis Zakaria, who went to Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2017 for slightly less. And then there is the Seydou Doumbia case, in which the figures were highly speculative. The highest was 18 million euros. But these estimates were really nothing more than speculation. 14 million have been secured.

Only Luka Jović was more expensive

For the SGE, the number 15 million is not a piece of cake. Quite the opposite! It is the second-highest amount Eintracht has ever spent on a player, after the €22 million for Luka Jović, when the Hessians bought the Serbian international from Benfica in 2019 and sold him to Real Madrid for a big profit of €40 million.

The Amenda deal has been locked up for a few weeks, but the clubs first had to agree on what they considered an appropriate time for communication. When it became known that the clubs had reached an agreement, certain internet portals and transfer gurus wrote about a transfer fee of nine million. But that doesn’t take into account the six million bonus payments due if Amenda plays reasonably regularly. This can be assumed and therefore they should be included. And if you hear sports director Marus Krösche praising Amenda, then: “Aurèle is a very talented player who gained international experience at a young age. He is fast and very strong in the air. He also has a good game structure. As a person he also fits perfectly with our team.”

Amenda is now a loan player at YB

Amenda about his transfer: “The Bundesliga is a dream for many players. I am very happy that a club with a rich tradition like Eintracht Frankfurt trusts me. My concentration is YB until the end of the season. I will do everything I can to ensure that we can celebrate together at the end of this season.”

By the way, the Bieler signed with Eintracht for five years. Since signing for coach Dino Toppmöller’s team, he has been playing on loan at YB. So a bit of money flowed north.

Source : Blick