Is Elias Baum joining BVB? Decision apparently made | OneFootball

Borussia Dortmund are reportedly interested in Elias Baum – Eintracht Frankfurt have now made their stance on the defender’s future very clear.

Elias Baum’s future appears to have been decided. As things stand, the right-back will not be leaving Eintracht Frankfurt this summer. That likely means Borussia Dortmund’s hopes of signing the Germany U21 international have also been dashed.

Frankfurt’s new coach Adi Hütter provided clarity after the 1-0 friendly win over Waldhof Mannheim. The Austrian made it clear that Baum is a firm part of his plans. “He’s staying here,” Hütter stated unequivocally. He also emphasized: “He is a player from our own youth academy. And when a young player like that has the right quality, you have to give him a chance – and he has that quality.”

In recent weeks, Baum had been linked with several clubs. Alongside Borussia Dortmund, Sport1 reports that Hamburger SV and Werder Bremen had also been seriously looking into a move. At BVB, the interest was seen as particularly plausible because sporting director Ole Book knows the full-back very well from their time together at SV Elversberg.

Elias Baum likely to stay at Eintracht Frankfurt instead of joining BVB

After his successful loan spell in Saarland, Baum had actually expected better chances of playing time in Frankfurt as well. At Elversberg, he impressed with consistently strong performances and recorded three goals and eight assists in 37 competitive appearances. After returning to Eintracht, however, things went significantly worse. Under the then-coaches Dino Toppmöller and Albert Riera, the defender was hardly used and made just 71 minutes of competitive appearances in total.

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With Hütter’s return, the situation now appears to have changed fundamentally. The coach initially wanted to form his own opinion and was convinced by what he saw in pre-season. “I said from the start that I wanted to form my own opinion of him,” Hütter explained. In the friendlies so far, he has regularly deployed Baum at right-back.

Everything therefore points to the 20-year-old staying at Eintracht Frankfurt and finally establishing himself there on a permanent basis under Hütter. For Borussia Dortmund, a move for the talented right-back now appears to be off the table this summer.

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