Overview
- Knauff used Eintracht Frankfurt’s official podcast to share his first public account of February’s scare, saying sudden stomach pain led him to call emergency services.
- Doctors found a twisted section of bowel that blocked normal blood flow and moved to operate right away.
- He says surgeons fixed the problem with a light procedure, with no tissue removed and no large incision.
- After several days in hospital and weeks of rehab, he returned as a late substitute in the 1–2 loss at Mainz last weekend.
- He has not been recalled to Germany’s under-21 squad, and his next club game is scheduled for April 5 against Köln.