Market rumors reach everywhere. He Copenhagennext rival Barcelona on the last day of the league stage of Champions Leagueis also affected in the figure of his maximum authority in the squad, his coach Jacob Neestrup. His name emerged strongly as a great candidate to take over the technical direction of Eintracht Frankfurt, just hours away from qualifying among the 24 that will continue in the European competition in Barcelona. The effort to focus the debate on this sporting priority did not prevent Neestrup himself from having to air the first questions of his press conference commenting on the matter, stating that he did not want to “participate in a rumour”. To reinforce this message and not divert attention from what is transcendental, the sporting director of the Danish club Sune Smith-Nielsenspoke to the press in his country to rule out the possibility of Nesstrup emigrating to Germany in the short term. “Neestrup will be in charge for the rest of the season, that’s definitely the plan,” he said.
It is clear to them that for a 37-year-old coach, whose CV has coached Viborg so far and now Copenhagen, it is normal for him to have a medium-term project that, for example, could take him to a Bundesliga bench. “There has been no consultation from Frankfurt about Jacob Neestrup. I suspect he would be on lists across Europe if anyone thinks they need to change coach and I consider that to be quite, quite natural, but there has been no contact from Frankfurt,” he insisted. “We will have to discuss scenarios, hypotheses and so on one day, for later, when Neestrup leaves FC Copenhagen, but it is important to clarify that these are rumors that are circulating and I am not following them closely”, he added.
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In case it wasn’t clear, the Copenhagen coach highlighted his satisfaction at having his current coach. “I am very happy to have Jacob Neestrup as coach of FC Copenhagen,” he concluded.
