HSV sold Baldé for 7 million – his former coach reacts emotionally

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What is known so far about the Baldé transfer

In the summer, Hamburger SV parted ways with a player who came through the club's own youth ranks: Fabio Baldé. The Hamburger Abendblatt reports on the details. The transfer fee is seven million euros – an amount that leaves a mark in HSV's books and at the same time shows just how much the work in the HSV youth academy can be worth when a homegrown talent makes the leap.

The former coach breaks his silence

Baldé is no unknown quantity at HSV. The man who shaped him in the youth setup is now on the bench in Paderborn – as head coach of SC Paderborn 07. Speaking to the Hamburger Abendblatt, he has commented on the departure of his former protégé. His verdict is more muted than the million-euro fee might suggest: the coach does not see the transfer in an entirely positive light, the paper writes. In doing so, the coach delivers a sporting counter-calculation to a decision that at first glance looks like pure business – and you sense there's more between the lines than a routine transfer story.

Why the HSV game will be special for Paderborn

For Baldé, the transfer is a career move with a record fee – and a home game against HSV will show how far he has already come on this path. For his former coach, who in Paderborn depends on results week in, week out, that same game becomes a tightrope walk: on the one hand, the duty to set up his own club optimally. On the other, the knowledge that there's a player on the pitch whom he himself accompanied for years. The Hamburger Abendblatt traces the full story – including the comments the former coach makes about HSV, Baldé, and the way the club handles its own youth.