Official: Barkok signs with Mainz for 2022/23
Both Eintracht Frankfurt and FSV Mainz 05 have confirmed that Aymen Barkok will make the switch to the Nullfünfter after the season.
The two Bundesliga clubs involved put out confirmation of the reports surfacing earlier in the day Aymen Barkok's move to Mainz. Though there were negotiations throughout deadline day about moving the transfer forward in January, the 23-year-old Moroccan international will instead switch this summer on a free.
"Aymen Barkok has already been able too accrue a lot of experience in the Bundesliga despite his young age," FSV sporting director Martin Schmidt is quoted as saying on Mainz's website, "he's technically gifted and will complement our team profile very well."
Indeed, Barkok has appeared 72 times in Germany's top footballing division; 57 times for the SGE and 15 times whilst on loan at Fortuna Düsseldorf.
Barkok inked a contract with his new club through the end of the 2024/25 season.
Ab Sommer ein 05ER! 🔴⚪
— 1. FSV Mainz 05 (@1FSVMainz05) January 31, 2022
Wir freuen uns auf dich, Aymen! 🙌🔥
Aymen Barkok wechselt wie geplant nach Ende der laufenden Saison ablösefrei von @Eintracht Frankfurt zu uns an den Bruchweg und erhält einen Drei-Jahres-Vertrag bis 2025.#Mainz05
📸: IMAGO / Sebastian Frej pic.twitter.com/cw5GTq4pTc
In other Eintracht Frankfurt news, the club has still not formally introduced its own summer signing Randal Kolo Muani.
SGE sporting director Markus Krösche--in response to a private inquiry by German footballing magazine Kicker--has nevertheless confirmed that the Frenchman passed his medical and signed the reported upon contract.