It was just a postponed meeting. Six months ago, Arnaud Kalimuendo was overwhelmed with offers after a season concluded with 17 goals for Rennes in Ligue 1. The French striker could have joined Germany, where Stuttgart and Frankfurt were reaching out to him, but he finally chose to take the plunge into the Premier League.
The transplant did not take the side of Nottingham Forest, with whom Kalimuendo never found the net in 8 championship matches (he scored 2 in the Europa League against Utrecht and Malmö). The complexity of the situation finally pushed the players to agree on the idea that a loan could revive the player. And it is therefore on the Frankfurt side that the 23-year-old striker will have the opportunity to bounce back.
He arrives to replace Wahi
The German club today formalized the arrival of Arnaud Kalimuendo until the end of the season: “The French striker joins Eintracht Frankfurt on loan from Nottingham Forest FC. The Bundesliga club has a purchase option that can be activated at the end of the season. Frankfurt will be the second foreign club for the 23-year-old center forward», Indicates the press release.
Kalimuendo arrives in Frankfurt in the form of a paying loan of 1.5 million euros, with a purchase option estimated at 30 million euros. Last summer, Nottingham Forest had already spent 30 to secure the services of the Frenchman until 2030. The departure of Elye Wahi to Nice will allow him to express himself in a championship which has often smiled on French attackers in recent years. 7th in the Bundesliga, Frankfurt is also still in the running to secure its place in the top 24 in the Champions League.
