Official: HSV defender sent on loan to Spain! | OneFootball

There is now clarity over Aboubaka Soumahoro’s future. The HSV talent is set to continue his development elsewhere.

As the club officially announced on Friday, the 21-year-old center-back will spend the 2026/27 season on loan at Spanish traditional club RCD Mallorca. This deal had already begun to take shape at the start of HSV’s training camp in Helsingør, Denmark. The Rothosen released Soumahoro on Wednesday for talks about his future. Now the move to Spain is complete.

“Abou’s loan spell to Saint-Étienne over the past six months did not go as we had hoped. In order to take the next steps in his development, he needs to get regular playing time. That is why we decided on another loan move for him,” explained HSV sporting director Claus Costa.

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HSV wants to “keep a close eye” on Soumahoro

In fact, it was even the past year and a half that, from the young Frenchman’s perspective, went anything but well. Only at the start of 2025 had HSV paid around two million euros to prise Soumahoro away from Paris FC. However, after suffering a tendon tear, the defender was initially sidelined for a long time. In the first half of last Bundesliga season, he made just five competitive appearances.

The subsequent winter loan to AS Saint-Étienne also failed to provide the hoped-for boost in development. In the second half of the season, Soumahoro did not play a single minute and was included in the matchday squad of the French second-division side only four times.

All the greater, then, are the hopes for a fresh start in Spain. “With RCD Mallorca, we have found a suitable solution where the prospects of playing time are better than they would be with us. We will keep a close eye on him over the coming year and wish him nothing but the best,” Costa continued.

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