American businessman and employee of Eagle Football Holdings John Textor decided to expand his global football empire. Once again I have become a representative of the German Bundesliga - Eintracht Frankfurt.

About his long-standing interest in the German club Textor spoke about the new documentary film \? Giving an interview from his office in Florida, the largest shareholder of the English Crystal Pelas stated that he has native ties with Germany, so that he should be considered not just a foreign financier, but an ideal.

According to the American, the request of Frankfurt coach Oliver Glasner to London was connected with this strategy.

" I am an ideal, passionate guy who is happy to invest in Germany. I do not break my words. Ale my father said: You are German. “Oh, I’m German,” Textor quotes from Frankfurter Rundschau.

Despite the enthusiasm of the billionaire, the Eintracht administration greeted this statement with great skepticism. Riverman of the club's governing body Axel Hellmann harshly criticized the structure of the multi-club club. In addition, Textor's group already has shares in the French Lyon, the Brazilian Botafogo and the Belgian RVDM Molenbeek.

Hellmann noted that such measures create an unfair competitive advantage, and called for new rules to be introduced to protect the integrity of the transfer market.

“It is necessary to introduce rules that do not allow investors to buy up clubs so easily, and then simply transfer them from point A to point B. This needs to be strangled in the embryo! "

The club's board maintains a firm position against the sale of a controlling stake. While discussions among potential investors continue, Eintracht Frankfurt, which currently sits in its place in the Bundesliga standings, is preparing for an important confrontation with RB Leipzig in order to save.