Frederik Rönnow works hard on his return

He was the first of the eight engagements up here, he entered as clear number one between the posts, but the goalkeeper gloves Frederik Rönnow has not yet touched. The 25-year-old is injured, irritation of his right knee slows down Denmark's newcomer. When Moppes Petz, coach of Eintracht Frankfurt, only pokes his bullets in the Gais training camp, Rönnow looks at the edge of his arms crossed – with a face expression away from being cheerful . "Of course, this is not the best start, not optimal.I would prefer to be in the field," says the newcomer, who cost three million euros to concord and who was caught up to In 2022 under contract.After all, "it's just a small thing, nothing wrong. I hope that I will be back in a few days. "

Only four weeks up to the start of the Bundesliga season. Rönnow, who had twisted his right knee into his first free unit by stopping, still does not want to put pressure on himself, in any way exposing himself to unnecessary risks. So for him since the last match until the end of May, of course, a lot of time has pbaded. He also had to find a rhythm as soon as possible, according to Rönnow, "but I will not stress myself, I take this step by step". For now, these are not big steps. A bit of stretching, a little bit of cycling, a little bit of strengthening, otherwise the day of the age of 25 years old consists of treatments with the physiotherapist. And this since the beginning of last week, when he started working after returning from the World Cup in Hesse.

The Problems of the Right Knee

Of course, Adi Hütter is not satisfied with the situation either. He's not yet restless, because doctors believe that "Frederik will be back in shape soon," says the coach. If not, you must think again. Means: If the number one stop time, but go out longer, is the confidence in number two, Felix Wiedwald, pretty weak. The commitment of another guardian would also be an option

Anyone who sees Frederik Rönnow, this 1.90 meter tall man with his slender legs and his lanky body, can hardly pbad the Eintracht box in relation to his predecessor. For the third time in his career, Rönnow succeeds Lukas Hradecky, who now has a well-endowed contract in Leverkusen. Not before 2013 at Esbjerg fB, then at Bröndby in 2015 and now at Eintracht

When asked why he chose Frankfurt, Rönnow, who likes to listen and cook music privately, has a humorous answer: "Because Lukas played here." He laughs, media representatives are in agreement. What was not serious, is not to reject immediately. The two guards not only followed the same career path, but also similar forces. In one-on-one, the Danes Rönnow the Finn Hradecky in no way inferior. "We are both tall and thin, not the most muscular guys in the world, which makes us agile," says Rönnow, not without – even in parallel – to encourage the next joke: "I do not like drinking as much beer as Lukas. "Rönnow laughs, media representatives are in agreement.

More than a Year, when the future of Hradecky in Frankfurt was still a poker game, Eintracht's executives approached Rönnow for the first time and filed their interest, he's not sure. Did not come to a concrete offer at that time. Rönnow, who was born in the Danish port of Horsens and grew up there as a footballer, gave his first league debut for his home club at the age of 19. Meanwhile, he has seven seasons as a professional behind him. In Denmark, where there was no doubt in the last season with the experts, he was the best goalkeeper in the league. And only in the national team has only Kasper Schmeichel, the rather talented son of the legend of Danish goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, nose a piece ahead. At the World Cup in Russia, Rönnow sits accordingly number two on the bench. "I did a good World Cup, even though I did not play, I was able to train at a high level, I want to continue in Frankfurt soon." this finally allows the knee.

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