Arsenal loses talented teenager to Hamburg – and does not get buyout clause

Winger Xavier Amaechi, 18, left Arsenal to join Hamburg for a four-year contract.

The German club will pay around £ 2.25m for the young player and fees may increase depending on performance additions.

Amaechi has attracted the interest of many leading European clubs, such as Barcelona and Bayern Munich, as well as anonymous champion teams, before deciding for Hamburg, perhaps inspired by the success of Jadon Sancho in Borussia Dortmund.

Hamburg sports director Muchael Mutzl and director Dieter Hecking are believed to have immediately promised football in Amaechi, with Hamburg competing in the German second division.

The new risk of being a blow to some Gunners fans. Amaechi is generally considered one of the brightest young talents in English football.

He has not yet played in a senior match but was involved in the first Arsenal team, participating with the team in the final of the Europa League in Baku.

He will follow in the footsteps of the duo Sancho and Arsenal, Reiss Nelson and Emile Smith Rowe, who traveled to Germany in pursuit of first-team football. Nelson was loaned last season to Hoffenheim and Smith Rowe. RB Leipzig.

If Amaechi manages to give the impression that Sancho has in the country, he will consider the move as a success.

Sancho left Manchester City to sign for Dortmund at the age of 17, but immediately became a start in the Bundesliga. Last season, he scored 13 goals in 43 appearances in all competitions and also won six selections for England.

Nelson was also a bit of a hit at Hoffenheim, becoming a permanent fixture in the first team and finding the net seven times last season, but Smith Rowe struggled with injuries during his stint in Leipzig and did not only three appearances.