Midas' hands that earned 660 billion won in four years...I'm not envious of the director who brought him well

Jul 22, 2025

Midas' hands that earned 660 billion won in four years...I'm not envious of the director who brought him well
Markus Krösche, director of Frankfurt. Source = Frankfurt SNS Capture



Midas' hands that earned 660 billion won in four years...I'm not envious of the director who brought him well
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To see how much revenue one clever director can bring to the team, look at the case of Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany.

According to the German daily 'Built' on the 21st (local time), Frankfurt director Marcus Krösche (45) earned 340 million euros (about 550 billion won) from five major transfers over the past two years. In the summer of 2023, Randal Colomouani moved to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) for 95 million euros, Yesfer Roendström headed to Naples for 30 million euros (about 48 billion won), and a year later, Willian Pacho headed to PSG for 40 million euros (about 64 billion won). When Omar Marmusch moved to Manchester City in January 2025, the transfer fee was 8,000 euros (about 129 billion won).

'Built' Kroesche's most recent achievement is the transfer of Hugo Ekittiecke to Liverpool for €95 million.'This is €20 million above Ekittiecke's market value'. In the summer of 2021, after director Krooshe joined Frankfurt, the team's market value rose 78.95% from 228.75 million euros (about 371 billion won) to 409.4 million euros (about 664 billion won) in four years. In particular, he introduced that he made 13.5 times more profit than his investment due to the transfer of strikers such as Colomuani, Marmusch and Ekittike to Trio. Ekitike is yet to be confirmed for transfer.




Director Krooshe has already achieved great success in Leipzig, a former office worker. Josko Gvardiol (Man City) was a prospect discovered by director Krooshe.

Midas' hands that earned 660 billion won in four years...I'm not envious of the director who brought him well
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'Built' is 'Krösche director always adheres to the four principles. Even if you are the best player or prospect in the team, you do not put a buyout clause in the contract. Ellies Skiri is the only exception. In addition, player contracts are set at a maximum of six years. This is because the shorter the contract period, the faster the club and the players are under pressure. If the player grows faster than the club expected, they will be ready to let him go so as not to prevent his growth. However, only minimal changes are allowed in the transfer fee initially set. This means that they set a high transfer fee from the beginning.

When recruiting players, director Kroesche's principle is to judge their potential first and recruit them at a low cost, 'Built' introduced. 'The recruited player is expected to sell for about four times the recruitment price in the future. Half of the money earned at this time goes to recruiting replacements and additional players, and the other half goes to labor costs and building club infrastructure,' it said.




Krösche, a former player at Padeborn and retired head coach at Leverkusen, has completely reorganized his scouting department since joining Frankfurt and has recruited many rookie staff. In particular, human resources were discovered using data-driven systems. He thinks that fifth place in the league is the ideal ranking to make a profit from transfer work. Frankfurt finished third in the Bundesliga in the 2024-2025 season, exceeding Krösche's target.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.