Denmark forward Yussuf Poulsen is leaving RB Leipzig after 12 years for promoted Bundesliga club SV Hamburg. Both clubs announced the transfer on Sunday, with Hamburg giving no details such as the length of his contract.
Denmark forward Yussuf Poulsen is leaving RB Leipzig after 12 years for promoted Bundesliga club SV Hamburg.
Both clubs announced the transfer on Sunday, with Hamburg giving no details such as the length of his contract. The transfer fee has been estimated at €1.5 million ($1.75 million).
Poulsen, 31, arrived at Leipzig in 2013 when they were still in the third division. He played a club record 425 matches for the eastern Germans, who reached the top flight in 2016, scoring 95 goals and recording 66 assists.
At former Bundesliga and European champions Hamburg, Poulsen is to take the place of Davie Selke, who has left for Turkey's Basaksehir.
"He is a face of the Bundesliga. He knows all aspects of pro football with his experience and maturity," Hamburg board member for sport Stefan Kuntz said.
"Yussuf went with Leipzig from the third division into the Champions League and knows all too well what is required after promotion to stay in the league and to establish yourself long term in the Bundesliga."
Hamburg are back in the Bundesliga after seven years in the second tier following their first ever relegation in 2018.
Poulsen bid farewell to fans in Leipzig, where he had a contract until 2026, in a video.
"Now the time has come to say goodbye. Everything comes to an end, and this is unfortunately my end with the Leipzig story," he said.
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