After months of speculation, Dodi Lukebakio is leaving Hertha BSC. The Belgian moves to Spain, the financially troubled Berliners can look forward to high income.
The next prominent departure: After Marco Richter and Suat Serdar, Dodi Lukebakio is also leaving Hertha BSC. After months of transfer speculation, the Belgian says goodbye to second division soccer team Hertha BSC in the direction of Spain.
As the Berliners announced on Thursday (08/24/2023), the 25-year-old is moving to the first division club FC Sevilla. According to media reports, the financially troubled club should receive around ten million euros plus bonuses as a transfer fee. As usual, no official information was given.
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“We were aware that our common path will end”
Lukebakio is said to have been one of the top earners among Berliners. Hertha had long announced that they wanted to give up the offensive player and, according to sports director Benjamin Weber, was in constant contact with Lukebakio and his advisor. The Belgian had not been in the squad for the club’s previous competitive games either.
“Dodi’s footballing qualities are undisputed. But it is also true that everyone involved was aware from the start of the season that our common path would end.”sports director Benjamin Weber was quoted in a club announcement.
Lukebakio was from English football club FC in 2019 Watford moved to Berlin and was loaned to VfL Wolfsburg in the 2021/22 season. Last season he was Hertha’s top scorer in the league (eleven goals). Like Hertha, Sevilla belongs to the network of the investor 777 Partners.
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