End of the road: Benfica lose Hungarian talent to Bundesliga club | OneFootball

Benfica have lost the race for a young pearl of European football. According to the reports, the Eagles, led by Rui Costa, were keeping an eye on Andrej Vasiljevic, however, the Hungarian footballer opted for Hamburg SV, signing a contract with the historic Bundesliga club.

According to information reported by Hamburger Abendblatt, Benfica thus lost out to the German side, which moved ahead of competition from several interested clubs, securing the signing of the 16-year-old footballer, seen as one of Hungary’s most promising gems.

The same source explains that, in order to complete his signing quickly, the club fighting to stay in the Bundesliga paid around €1.5 million to MTK Budapest, the club where Vasiljevic played, more specifically in the Hungarian side’s youth ranks.

The same source explains that the signing of the young Hungarian, who has been catching the eye in the MTK Budapest shirt, only happened due to the insistence of Hamburg technical director Claus Costa. Benfica, Inter Milan and Borussia Dortmund — which also ‘snatched’ a star from the Eagles — were among the interested clubs.

“Andrej has a highly exciting and well-rounded striker profile. He combines classic centre-forward attributes, such as stature, technique and purposefulness, and has a very mature style of play for his age,” said Claus Costa, in comments to Hamburger Abendblatt.

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