VfB Stuttgart will need to pay a club record fee if they wish to sign Deniz Undav on a permanent basis from Brighton and Hove Albion next summer.
That’s according to Kicker, relayed by Sport.de, who cover the striker today after a solid start to life on loan with the German side.
Undav joined Stuttgart on loan from Brighton in the summer transfer window after a difficult year with the Seagulls, where he had found himself replaced by emerging star Evan Ferguson.
He’s made a good start back in Germany, managing two goals and an assist in three games in the Bundesliga so far, despite only featuring in 8% of the possible minutes.
His future at the club is ‘unclear’, though, as his loan deal from Brighton expires in the summer and includes a purchase clause that would be hard for Stuttgart to activate.
According to Kicker’s information, the fee is set at ‘more than €12m’ a figure that would see them breaking their club record transfer fee.
Paying it depends on several factors, with Serhou Guirassy’s future seemingly a key factor. Were he to leave, and for a big sum, that would push Stuttgart to sign Undav permanently.
He’s been linked with a move away from the club next summer after a flying start to the season and thanks to the existence of a €20m release clause, which the club are trying to increase so they can raise even more money from a sale.
The millions secured from his departure could then be put into a deal to sign Undav from Brighton permanently, and he would help to fill the void left by his partner’s departure.
