Another departure: HSV outcast set for MLS move! | OneFootball

The misunderstanding between Silvan Hefti and HSV is nearing an end. The right-back is heading to the MLS.

The 28-year-old is set to leave the North Germans and join D.C. United from the US capital, Washington. This continues the personnel shake-up at Volkspark.

Hefti no longer had any prospects at HSV anyway. In 18 Bundesliga matches so far, the Swiss player was not included in the matchday squad even once. He also missed the derby against FC St. Pauli; at that point, talks with the MLS club were already underway. As Yahoo Sports and the Hamburger Abendblatt report, all parties are in the final stages of negotiations. The transfer could become official as early as the beginning of the week.

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According to Abendblatt, the following model is being used: Hamburg will receive only a small transfer fee, but this will be used to pay Hefti a severance package to compensate for his lower salary in the USA. For the club, this approach brings noticeable relief to the payroll and tax advantages. Sporting director Claus Costa is thus consistently pushing forward with the planned squad reduction. Previously, Jonas Meffert, Daniel Peretz, and Anssi Suhonen had already left the promoted side. Guilherme Ramos and Immanuel Pherai are also on the verge of leaving.

Hefti now joins these names. He was already told in the summer that he no longer had a future at the club—just a year after he was signed from CFC Genoa for around 1.5 million euros. But the Swiss international had already lost his starting spot in the second half of last season in the 2. Bundesliga.

After promotion, competition increased further with the arrival of Giorgi Gocholeishvilli. Currently, it is mainly Bakery Jatta who is playing on the right wing. William Mikelbrencis also ranks clearly above Hefti in the right-back pecking order, so now he is seeking a fresh start in the USA.

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