€20m price tag: How HSV could afford Vieira! | OneFootball

By signing Fábio Vieira, HSV has secured a purchase option for around 20 million euros. But can the newly promoted team even come close to affording such an amount?

With Fábio Vieira, Hamburger SV has had a player in its ranks for a few weeks who, on paper, is far too good for a team that played in the 2nd Bundesliga for seven years. The Portuguese technical wizard joined on loan from Arsenal just before the transfer window closed. Arsenal had once paid a hefty 35 million euros for the attacking player. At HSV, the loan fee is now just half a million euros, or even less in the best case.

The real curiosity: The Hamburg team has a purchase option for around 20 million euros. For a club that is just now breathing Bundesliga air again after seven years in the second tier, this figure seems almost surreal. After all, the previous record transfer of Filip Kostic, who came in 2016 for a fee of 14 million euros, is significantly lower.

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Will HSV cash in thanks to Vieira?

But the option is enticing. As reported by Mopo, Arsenal deliberately wanted to put a price tag on Vieira to showcase him across Europe. On the other hand, HSV keeps all options open: If the 25-year-old makes a big impact at Volkspark, activating the option and then selling him on could prove financially rewarding.

A transfer without an immediate sale would currently be difficult to manage. HSV bosses have been emphasizing for months that they want to act economically sensible despite the promotion. A Vieira deal would only be realistic with completely extraordinary developments: such as a European Cup qualification or unexpectedly high revenues from game sales.

And yet: The purchase option gives the Hanseatic team at least some degree of planning security. If Vieira absolutely wants to stay and Arsenal significantly lowers the price, there could also be another basis for negotiation. But such considerations are still a long way off.

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