Milan has formalized the hiring of Timmo Hardung, former sporting director of Eintracht Frankfurt, who led the German club in a series of transfer operations that transformed talents into millionaire deals. Hardung, who was appointed sporting director on 1 July 2023, has already demonstrated his ability to identify young players, offer them development conditions and, when the time is right, sell at the highest possible price. His experience has been at the center of notable transfers such as those of Randal KoloMuani, OmarMarmoush, WillianPacho, HugoEkitiké and NathanielBrown, all protagonists of operations that have generated significant revenues for Eintracht.
The most emblematic case is that of Omar Marmoush, purchased on a free transfer from Wolfsburg in 2023. After a successful season, the player became one of the points of reference in the Bundesliga and, in January 2025, he was sold to Manchester City for a guaranteed sum of around 70 million euros, with bonuses that brought the total value to 75 million. An example of how Eintracht turned a free purchase into a record deal. Similarly, RandalKoloMuani, who arrived from Nantes at no cost, was sold to PSG for 95 million euros, while WillianPacho, purchased from Antwerp, was sold to PSG for 45 million. HugoEkitiké, initially on loan from PSG, was bought by Eintracht for around 20 million, contributed to third place in the Bundesliga and, in 2025, was sold to Liverpool for over 90 million, bonuses included. Nathaniel Brown, purchased from Nuremberg for 5.5 million, was sold to Bayern Munich for 50 million, demonstrating a return of ten times the initial investment.
Hardung underlined, in an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport in November 2025, that Eintracht's success is the result of teamwork and a strategy shared with the management, without a secret recipe. This vision, combined with the ability to evaluate a player's growth potential, is what has made Eintracht one of the most interesting clubs in the transfer market in Europe. Milan, which has already started collaborating with Hardung, sees in him a professional capable of combining sporting performance and economic valorisation, a model that could prove invaluable for the management of the Rossoneri club's resources. With Hardung at the helm, Milan will be able to focus on a transfer strategy that aims not only at competitiveness on the pitch but also at long-term financial sustainability.