Report: This HSV loan is driving the bosses up the wall! | OneFootball

In February 2025, HSV signed Aboubaka Soumahoro for around two million euros. This transfer came with clear expectations.

The young center-back was supposed to play an immediate sporting role and, in the long term, develop into a key figure. Just over a year later, little remains of that hope. Instead, there is even frustration in the executive offices!

The 21-year-old’s start at HSV could hardly have gone worse. In his very first training session, he suffered a torn thigh tendon and was sidelined for months. He experienced the Rothosen’s return to the Bundesliga as an uninvolved spectator. And even in the current season, Soumahoro never really got going. The Frenchman has been on the pitch in just five competitive matches for a total of 157 minutes. The low point was the DFB-Pokal exit against Holstein Kiel, including a missed penalty.

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HSV expectations are not being met

To give the youngster more regular playing time, HSV decided in the winter to send him on loan to French traditional club AS Saint-Étienne in Ligue 2. There, he was supposed to collect minutes, rebuild his confidence, and ideally even increase his market value. But the exact opposite has happened. Soumahoro is still waiting for his first appearance in France. After the HSV prospect was briefly out injured and then only on the bench, he was not even included in the squad most recently.

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The consequences are bitter for HSV. The hoped-for development has failed to materialize, which means Saint-Étienne is highly unlikely to exercise the already steep purchase option of five million euros. On top of that, the chances of receiving a transfer fee in the summer that is anywhere near the original purchase price are also declining.

This development is causing considerable frustration at the Volkspark. According to a Bild report, those in charge are even said to be “annoyed” by the status quo. Whether Soumahoro has a long-term future at HSV is therefore anything but certain.

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