Hamburg set to make 20 per cent from sale of Everton target Amadou Onana
German side Hamburg will reportedly be making 20 per cent of the profit Lille will earn by selling Everton target Amadou Onana this summer.
According to Hamburger Morgenpost on July 13, the Bundesliga side could make millions as the race to sign the 20-year-old is heating up.
Bar the Toffees, West Ham, Newcastle and Leicester are interested while he’s also got a suitor in France vying for his services.
It’s understood that Lille are holding out for a fee in the region of £34million in order to cash in on the Belgian international.
Sign him?
According to Belgian journalist Sacha Tavolieri on July 8, Everton submitted an offer to sign the midfielder who’s been highly in demand this summer.
The fact that Lille have to pay 20 per cent of the fee to HSV means that they will be looking to drive the price up as high as possible.
They know that Premier League sides are richer than others in Europe’s top five leagues so they could look to pit each of their offers against one another.
The Toffees do need midfielders this summer but paying that kind of money for a 20-year-old unproven in the Premier League or at a big European club seems to be out of the question.
Instead, they must focus on players that have been tested in the top flight and would cost cheaper and be better long-term fits with a central midfielder already keen on moving to Goodison Park and a move could be sealed soon.