{"id":488050,"date":"2026-02-24T18:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/488050\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T18:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:02:09","slug":"tottenham-transfer-news-luka-vuskovic-plan-becomes-clearer-after-fresh-update-amid-european-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/488050\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham transfer news: Luka Vuskovic plan becomes clearer after fresh update amid European interest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Highly-rated defender Luka Vuskovic<\/a> will return to Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> at the end of the season following his loan spell at Hamburger SV<\/a>, the German club\u2019s sporting director Claus Costa has said.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old Croatian was signed by Spurs from boyhood club Hajduk Split for around \u00a312m in the summer of 2025, but he is yet to make a single competitive appearance for the North Londoners.<\/p>\n

Instead, Vuskovic has experienced a productive loan spell at Bundesliga club Hamburger SV\u00a0where the centre-back has impressed across 19 league appearances this season, chipping in with four goals.<\/p>\n

Although Hamburger would like to retain the services of Vuskovic, club chief Costa has revealed that there was no buy-option included within the loan agreement.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Sport1<\/a>, Costa said: “Contractually, there is no chance that he will stay. It is purely a loan and we have no way to tie Luka to HSV in the long term.”<\/p>\n

Hamburger head coach Merlin Polzin<\/a> has previously expressed his desire to keep Vuskovic next season, telling reporters: \u201cI\u2019m a man of conviction. Of course, I also believe in things that seem impossible, even if they\u2019re just a bit romantic about football.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Imago<\/p>\n

Vuskovic set to return to Spurs, despite hopes of brother reunion<\/p>\n

\u201cNevertheless, there\u2019s a clear contractual agreement between the clubs. We\u2019re very grateful that we found a solution last summer. It was very clear from the start with Luka\u2019s camp that he only wanted to join HSV.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe communication with Tottenham is extremely professional, both last summer and now. We\u2019d be very interested in him continuing to wear the HSV jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vuskovic has previously made his wishes clear that he would welcome playing alongside his brother Mario Vuskovic<\/a>, who is set to return from a doping ban in November.<\/p>\n

Costa has acknowledged that reuniting the two brothers would be a dream scenario, saying: \u201cOf course, there\u2019s this romantic notion that Luka will one day play alongside his brother Mario.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, we\u2019re in contact with him [Mario]. He\u2019s not allowed to train or play football for any club, but he\u2019s in top physical condition, working hard with an absolute dedication and passion that is second to none.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Imago<\/p>\n

Spurs defender Vuskovic attracting interest from European clubs<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen what the future holds for Vuskovic at Tottenham, with the club still on the lookout for a permanent manager while interim boss Igor Tudor<\/a> bids to steer them away from the Premier League relegation zone<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Vuskovic\u2019s form for Hamburger is understood to have caught the attention of a number of European clubs, including Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bayern\u2019s board member for sport Max Eberl recently refused to rule out<\/a> the possibility of the German club making a move for the 6ft 4in defender this summer and suggested that a decision will not be left until late in the window.<\/p>\n

Borussia Dortmund<\/a>, Real Madrid<\/a> and Liverpool<\/a> have also been credited with an interest in Vuskovic, who is under contract at Spurs until June 2030.<\/p>\n

Talk over Vuskovic\u2019s future comes at a time when Tottenham duo Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero have both been linked with summer departures, the former of whom has allegedly put contract discussions on hold<\/a> amid interest from European giants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Highly-rated defender Luka Vuskovic will return to Tottenham Hotspur at the end of the season following his loan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1083,1085,399,1080,427,349,1082,1084,1081,403,1079,99,1087,1086,428],"class_list":["post-488050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-cycling","tag-epl","tag-football","tag-formula-1","tag-golf","tag-nfl","tag-olympics","tag-premier-league","tag-rugby","tag-soccer","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-sports-mole","tag-teams","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}