Rasmus Kristensen completed a loan move to Eintracht Frankfurt on Friday, with Leeds United announcing in their now typical way when it comes to players the club isn’t exactly pleased with.
There were no pleasantries, just the matter of fact: ‘Rasmus Kristensen has decided to join Eintracht Frankfurt on loan for the 2024/25 campaign’
The ‘decided’ there is key as it appears Kristensen is one of the players who was allowed to have a relegation release clause, with a group of those building up during Victor Orta’s time at Elland Road.
That’s seen the ability to leave Leeds United on loan, for free, and without negotiation.
Kicker back that up for the 27-year-old and his loan move to Eintracht Frankfurt. They say the Bundesliga club won’t be paying any loan fee at all to Leeds United.
There is a €15m buying option for Eintracht at the end of the loan, although it’s got to be unlikely that they even consider using that.
Kicker quote the Leeds United owned player as saying: “Today is a beautiful day for me. I am very happy that I am now at Eintracht Frankfurt. I recently saw the stadium live at the European Championships and I can hardly wait to play here soon.”
For Kristensen himself, and indeed for Eintracht Frankfurt, it’s a great deal, but for Leeds United it’s another example of being too reliant on robust get-out clauses when they signed players during that period.
