After a last-minute relegation
After the last-minute relegation last Saturday, VfB Stuttgart can certainly plan the squad for the coming Bundesliga season. While Borna Sosa (24) and Sasa Kalajdzic (24) are the two most valuable players about to drop, the Swabians cantable footballAccording to continue planning with a trio.
That leaves the two central defenders Konstantinos Mavropanos (24) and Hiroki Ito (23) in Stuttgart. At Mavropanos, a purchase obligation that was triggered by staying up in the league is said to apply. Accordingly, VfB has to pay around 3.2 million euros to Arsenal. A rental fee of 750,000 euros had already become due. With five competitive goals, the Greek, who has meanwhile been traded at Borussia Dortmund, was the club’s second-best goalscorer this season despite his position.
At Ito, an agreed purchase option is drawn with regular club Júbilo Iwata, where the defensive man was originally contracted until 2023. The costs should amount to 400,000 euros. The Japanese, who was originally announced as a reinforcement for the reserves last summer, quickly established himself as a top performer in Stuttgart and made a total of 30 appearances (one goal, one assist).
Report: Tomás stays on loan – Sporting waives the right of return
The situation is a little different for center forward Tiago Tomás. The 19-year-old was loaned out in winter until 2023. However, Sporting Lisbon could have prematurely ended the engagement of the Portuguese junior international. After staying in the Bundesliga, Sporting will not make use of this option, according to the “kicker”.
Sports director Sven Mislintat said in February that VfB had a “purchase option at any time” for the attacker. This should be around 15 million euros – that would put Tomás at the top of the list of the most expensive purchases in the club’s history.
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