Official: Eintracht Frankfurt commits Malmö talent Larsson

New details on the fee

This article was first published on May 28th at 16:36 and has been updated after official confirmation.

At just 18 years old, Swedish top talent Hugo Larsson from leaders Malmö FF is already the most valuable player in the domestic Allsvenskan. No wonder the youngster has aroused desires in Europe. Information from the transfer expert Fabrizio Romano According to him, the midfielder can soon be looked forward to in the Bundesliga. Accordingly, Larsson is moving to Eintracht Frankfurt, only the official announcement of the transfer was initially pending. The fee for the talent, whose working paper in Malmö is dated until 2026, amounts to a total of 11.5 million euros. A sum that would make Larsson the most expensive exit in the league – ahead of players like Alexander Isak and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. According to the working paper, “sports1‘ for a period of five years.

Update May 29, 3:10 p.m.: Eintracht reported the Larsson transfer on Whit Monday as perfect and presented the newcomer as “one of the most promising players in his age group”. The talent receives a contract until 2028. “Kicker” assumes a transfer fee of 7.5 million euros, “Sport1” of 8 million euros. Thus, six purchases would have been more expensive. Sporting director Markus Krösche explained: “With Hugo Larsson, we have a young and already established midfielder with great potential. Despite his young age, Hugo is one of the regulars at the reigning Swedish Cup winners, which speaks for his personality as well as his talent. We will build Hugo and help him take his next step. We are convinced that it will give us a lot of pleasure in the future.”

Larsson, Sow & Co.: Most expensive additions to Eintracht Frankfurt

16 Ante Rebic | 18/19 for €4.5m from Florence

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As of May 29, 2023

16 Jetro Willems | 17/18 for €4.5m from Eindhoven

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15 Carlos Salcedo | 18/19 for €5m from Chivas

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14 Evan Ndicka | 18/19 for €5.5m from Auxerre

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13 Lucas Alario | 22/23 for €6m from Bayer 04

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12 Filip Kostic | 19/20 for €6.3m from HSV

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8 Jesper Lindstrom | 21/22 for €7m by Brondby

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8 Sebastien Haller | 17/18 for €7m from Utrecht

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8 Kevin Trap | 19/20 for €7m from PSG

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8 Bas Dost | 19/20 for €7m from Sporting

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7 Hugo Larson | 23/24 for €7.5m from Malmö FF

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6 Dominik Kohr | 19/20 for €8.5m from Leverkusen

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4 Martin Hinteregger | 19/20 for €9m from FC Augsburg

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4 Willian Pacho | 2023/24 for €9m from Royal Antwerp

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With bonuses reportedly up to €16 million

3 Jens Petter Hauge | 22/23 for €10m from AC Milan

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2 Djibril Sov | 19/20 for €14m from BSC Young Boys

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10 million base fee + 4 million in bonuses

1 Luka Jovic | 19/20 for €22.34m from Benfica

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€15.34 million of the sum comes from Benfica’s resale participation when moving to Real Madrid.

Larsson made the leap from junior to professional squad in the spring of last year, and so far this season he has had four goals in 26 competitive games. Most recently, the right foot had also been rumored to be linked to Borussia Dortmund on the Swedish portal “Photobolls channels‘ he was recently quoted as saying, ‘I don’t know if they’re after me. I only read what was written about them being interested. I don’t know much more about it.”

Now the goal in the summer seems to be Eintracht Frankfurt. The young Swede would also be in third place among the most expensive additions to the Hessians for the fee mentioned. Larsson would now be the SGE’s fourth signing for the 2023/24 season.

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