Just behind Höjlund
After eleven months at the club, Emanuel Emegha is leaving runner-up Sturm Graz again: The 20-year-old Dutchman is moving to France to Racing Straßburg, where he has signed a contract that runs until 2028. The attacker moved to Styria in August 2022 from Royal Antwerp, where he had played no role. In Sturm he scored ten goals in 36 competitive appearances and won the ÖFB Cup with the team last season. Through his performance, he recently increased his market value from 1.5 to 8 million euros.
The table-15 placed the transfer fee for the offensive man. According to reports, around 13 million euros plus bonuses are now on the table for the past Ligue 1 season. Emegha is the second most expensive exit in Graz club history after Rasmus Højlund. The Dane switched to Atalanta Bergamo in August 2022 for just over 17 million euros.
Emegha behind Höjlund: Most expensive sales by Sturm Graz
Managing Director Sport Andreas Schicker said about the departure: “You always look at a transfer like this from two points of view: On the one hand, we would of course have liked to see Emanuel continue at Sturm Graz, on the other hand, he absolutely confirms our way of raising young and talented players to a new personal level and representing a perfect development platform for them. Here I would like to highlight our team of coaches, who have coached a player who previously had little to do with a top talent, who was recognized throughout Europe. Even if the sporting loss weighs heavily, of course, we were once again able to find a very good solution from an economic point of view. I wish Emanuel all the best for his future career and would like to thank him for his outstanding commitment to Sturm Graz.”
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