Eintracht Frankfurt predicts Bayern Munich will start losing big players

Frankfurt am Main – The war of words between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich escalated late Sunday evening after Bayern icon Uli Hoeneß took aim at the Eagles for repeatedly cashing in on their star talent. Eintracht sporting director Markus Krösche hit back with a bold forecast: the record champions, too, will soon be powerless to stop their marquee names from leaving.

“I believe that FC Bayern will also lose players in the future,” Krösche told AbsolutFussball.de’s Christopher Michel on ZDF sportstudio, as captured by @iMiaSanMia. “If Michael Olise wants to go to Real Madrid, there will be chances for that. The market has changed. Other countries and clubs have different resources. Maintaining the Bundesliga’s competitiveness in an international context – that is our core issue.”

The statement lands like a grenade in a league where Bayern’s grip on top talent has appeared ironclad for more than a decade. While Frankfurt has generated massive transfer revenue by selling players for €10 million or more in recent seasons, those sales have not yet translated into on-field success this campaign—though a late push for Champions League qualification remains mathematically possible.

Krösche’s remarks underscore a broader anxiety across German football: if Bayern Munich, long immune to the poaching that plagues smaller Bundesliga sides, begins to lose its crown jewels, the competitive balance in Europe could tilt even further toward Spain, England and the petro-clubs of the Gulf.

For now, the Bavarians have not seen an exodus of superstars, but Krösche’s warning is clear: the landscape has shifted, and no Bundesliga side is safe. Between now and the day a key Bayern player agitates for a move, the club’s executives will be forced to strategize how to avoid the fate Frankfurt predicts.

Whether the FC Bayern model—financial muscle, global brand appeal and relentless domestic success—can be replicated by other German clubs remains an open question. What is certain is that the next transfer window will be watched closely, from the banks of the Main to the Isar, for the first crack in Bayern’s aura of invincibility.