From Werder to Strasbourg: HSV profit from Coulibaly move | OneFootball

Karim Coulibaly’s move to Racing Strasbourg also brings HSV a small financial windfall. On Friday, the Ligue 1 club officially announced the transfer of the Werder defender.

According to consistent media reports, the initial transfer fee is around €20 million, with another €5 million potentially added through bonuses. Part of that sum will also go to HSV. Coulibaly was developed in the Rothosen youth academy between 2018 and 2024 before joining rivals Bremen on a free transfer amid major media attention. As part of the training compensation, HSV will now receive around €400,000 from the move to Strasbourg. Mopo and Bild report this consistently.

For Coulibaly himself, this marks the next step in his remarkable development. After leaving for Werder, the Oldenburg-born player quickly made the jump to the professional level. He first won the DFB-Pokal with Bremen’s U19s before making his Bundesliga debut in August 2025 in the away match in Frankfurt. Just one week later, he scored his first top-flight goal against Bayer Leverkusen. In total, the defender made 27 competitive appearances for the Green-Whites.

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Coulibaly joins fellow HSV academy product Baldé

In Strasbourg, Coulibaly will now link up with another former HSV player: Fabio Baldé moved to Alsace just a few days ago. “Fabio approached us with the desire to leave his familiar environment in order to take the next step in his sporting career,” sporting director Claus Costa explained after the deal was announced. The Hanseatic club received a hefty €7 million in return.

Strasbourg’s recent transfer activity has therefore brought a total of around €7.5 million into HSV’s coffers. That amount is likely to be invested almost entirely in further squad planning. Before deadline day, the North Germans still want to sign a right-back and a striker. A move to bring back Fabio Vieira also remains a hot topic.

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