Pierre-Michel Lasogga being edged towards Leeds United on a permanent deal becomes all the likelier with every further slide into chaos Hamburg take.
The German club are in a poor situation, both on and off the pitch and appear determined to make it as bad as possible. Needing to restructure their finances, HSV are no longer able to rely on funding from their former backer, who has fallen out with the board’s structure.
Wednesday saw a meeting which was supposed to make changes but, as Hamburger Abendblatt report, nothing actually happened, and nobody was turfed out. The German newspaper believe this is typical of HSV, with everything now pushed back to an AGM in the first quarter of 2018.
With an outline agreement to cut the wage bill from €56m to €48m, although no agreement yet on whether that’s before or after incomings, Lasogga simply has to go.
That makes a Leeds United permanent deal even likelier, and if Hamburg could get the Elland Road club to agree to that before the summer, and before that AGM, then it could save someone’s neck in the HSV boardroom.
Leeds United taking the permanent deal in January, although it wouldn’t actually have to be during a transfer window, would be just perfect for HSV, especially if they pay a fee for Lasogga.
