FC Giessen Eintracht Fran.

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Jean Matteo Bahoya - Misses friendly with injury Bahoya was not part of Eintracht Frankfurt's squad for the club's first pre-season friendly against FC GieBen, missing out with an injury, Christopher Michel reports.
Impact Bahoya had cleared the first hurdle of this recovery, training fully alongside teammates once Frankfurt's preseason began, only to then be left out of the squad entirely for the opening friendly with no specified injury. Going from fully training to missing a match this quickly is a genuine red flag rather than routine caution, particularly given he's already dealt with multiple leg-related issues over the past year. The next training session and the following friendly against Waldhof Mannheim on August 1 should offer a clearer read on how serious this actually is.
JULY 18 • ROTOWIRE
Nnamdi Collins - Available for first friendly Collins is on the team sheet Eintracht Frankfurt's first pre-season game under new head coach Adi Hutter, having recovered from the ankle surgery that ended his 2025-26 season in M...
Impact Collins's season ended abruptly at the end of March, when he suffered a syndesmosis injury against Mainz that required surgery and ruled him out for the final games. He described the rehab as a longer process but one without any bad surprises, and confirmed in late May that he'd finished it and would return "completely fresh" after the summer break. That's exactly what's happened, he was on the pitch for Frankfurt's full pre-season restart, fully training and now with the team in the first preseason friendly against GieBen. With Rasmus Kristensen having left for FC Midtjylland, and Nathaniel Brown and Aurele Amenda also departing, Frankfurt have shelved any plan to sell Collins and are instead planning to build around him, with new coach Adi Hutter valuing his versatility to play at center-back and on both flanks, at left-back and right-back.
JULY 18 • ROTOWIRE
Eric Ebimbe - Starts in first preseason test Dina Ebimbe missed Brest's final match of last season with an undisclosed issue while on loan there, and now back with parent club Eintracht Frankfurt following the end of that loa...
Impact Dina Ebimbe closed out his loan at Brest on the sidelines, missing the season finale against Angers with an issue neither club ever publicly detailed. That uncertainty is now behind him, with the loan over and Dina Ebimbe back at Frankfurt, his parent club, he started their preseason opener against FC GieBen, a strong early indicator of full fitness. His health and performance level over this preseason under new-old coach Adi Hutter could go a long way toward determining whether he gets a genuine opportunity to stay and compete for minutes at Frankfurt
JULY 18 • ROTOWIRE