Eintracht’s leadership has responded to the news with significant caution, with board spokesman Axel Hellmann criticising the multi-club ownership structure that the club would become part of, with Textor's group already holding stakes in Lyon, Botafogo and RWDM Brussels. He argued that such networks provide an unfair competitive advantage and insisted that stricter regulations must be implemented to maintain the integrity of the transfer market.
Warning against the growing influence of global consortia, Hellmann said: "One must deal with rules that, in the end, do not make it so easy for investors to buy clubs and then push players from A to B. Nip it in the bud!"