Football: Frankfurt coach Huetter to take charge of Moenchengladbach next season

Frankfurt's Austrian head coach Adi Huetter is leaving at the end of the season to join Borussia Moenchengladbach AFP/Daniel ROLANDBERLIN: Austrian Adi Huetter will quit as Eintracht Frankfurt head coach at the end of the season to take charge of Bundesliga rivals Borussia Moenchengladbach, both clubs confirmed Tuesday .

After weeks of speculation, Huetter, 51, will sign a three-year contract as head coach of Gladbach, replacing Marco Rose, 44, who is leaving to take over at Borussia Dortmund for the 2021/22 season.With six games left, fourth-placed Frankfurt are on the verge of qualifying for the Champions League next season. They have a five-point lead over fifth-placed Dortmund.

In contrast, Gladbach are eighth in Germany's top flight, 13 points from a place in the Champions League.Huetter informed Eintracht's bosses on Monday, and the team on Tuesday morning, that he is leaving due to a release clause in his contract.After"three unbelievably successful and intense years", Huetter says he wants to finish on a high and see Frankfurt"qualify for the Champions League".

Under Huetter, Eintracht Frankfurt made it to the semi-finals of the Europa League in 2019 and the German Cup semis last season, where they lost to eventual winners Bayern Munich.

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