Contract alarm at HSV: 2027 set to be a summer of decisions | OneFootball

The Bundesliga season is only a few weeks old. But behind the scenes, HSV sporting director Claus Costa is likely already looking several years ahead.

By the summer of 2027 at the latest, key decisions will have to be made regarding several players. That is when the contracts of Miro Muheim, Immanuel Pherai, Patson Daka, and Yussuf Poulsen expire. The cases of Muheim, Daka, and Poulsen in particular are likely to be especially intriguing. After a longer injury layoff and in light of his changed role, Muheim first has to play his way back into the team. At the same time, the question remains whether the Swiss player still sees his future in Hamburg or wants to seek a new challenge once again.

In Poulsen’s case, almost everything will likely depend on his health. If the Dane stays fit and consistently brings his qualities onto the pitch, an extension on reduced wages definitely seems conceivable. Daka, meanwhile, deliberately signed for only one year in the summer. Whether that turns into more will depend solely on his performances this season. The situation is very different for Pherai. A contract extension is off the table, and even a departure in the winter cannot be ruled out.

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In addition, there are the loan players Sebastiaan Bornauw and David Möller Wolfe, whose deals also run until the summer of 2027. HSV hold purchase options for both. Further negotiations are likely to be needed, however, especially in Möller Wolfe’s case, where this clause is reportedly set at ten to twelve million euros according to media reports. HSV only recently proved, in the case of Fabio Vieira, that such a model can work successfully.

Numerous HSV contracts expire in 2028

But it is not only the 2027 contracts that make next summer interesting. Numerous players, including several key performers, are tied down until 2028: Daniel Heuer Fernandes, Nicolas Capaldo, Jordan Torunarigha, Nicolai Remberg, Sambi Lokonga, Otto Stange, Louis Lemke, Fernando Dickes, as well as the currently loaned-out Daniel Elfadli and Noah Katterbach. If no new deal has been agreed by then, HSV will face the classic question after this season: extend, sell, or go into the final year of the contract?

By contrast, Bilal Nadir, Bakery Jatta, Terem Moffi, Rayan Philippe, Hannes Hermann, and Aboubaka Soumahoro are under contract longer term (until 2029), as are Sander Tangvik, Warmed Omari, Shafiq Nandja, Kofi Amoako, Fabio Vieira, Martin Adeline, Albert Grönbaek, and Alexander Rössing-Lelesiit (until 2030), while Zakaria El Ouahdi’s contract even runs until 2031.

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