Eintracht Frankfurt have admitted it was “painful” to grant Martin Hinteregger his wish to retire two weeks after his links to a far-right political figure in Austria emerged.
The defender, 29, had a year remaining on his contract with the Europa League winners but has taken the decision to step away from the game having faced a fierce backlash for organising a youth tournament, the Hinti Cup, in his hometown of Sirnitz with former business partner Heinrick Sickl.
It has since been revealed that Sickl was a member of a Neo-Nazi organisation in the 1990s and has rented property to the far-right Identitarian Movement Austria.
