Shedding last season’s top-flight demise finally began at Leeds United last night. Robin Koch is the first of those players with a significant hand in May’s relegation to jump ship before it lands in the Championship.
Koch, in fact, played more minutes than anyone else for Leeds last season in a defence which conceded more goals than any other team. As a 26-year-old with designs on caps for a World Cup-winning national team and one year left on his contract, Koch was always on the list of likely departures this summer.
If you believe the speculation he was in high demand too. Koch’s representatives were not shy in putting his name about to drum up interest in his services. Ultimately, it’s the Bundesliga seventh’s best team, Eintracht Frankfurt, a Europa Conference League play-off round and a new home within 70 miles of his birthplace that awaits Koch.
