Official | Lucas Tousart’s unfortunate Bundesliga chapter closes with sale to Brest | OneFootball

After five seasons playing for both of Germany’s capital city clubs in the top flight, Lucas Tousart’s wholly unfortunate Bundesliga career is finally over. The Frenchman Hertha BSC once paid €25m to acquire is headed home. Union Berlin have sold the 28-year-old to Stade Brest for an undisclosed fee.

Tousart proved to be one of the disastrous flops brought in by former German national team head coach Jürgen Klinsmann during his brief time in charge of Hertha. Since joining Hertha for a quarter-of-a-million Euros from Lyon in the January 2020 transfer window, Tousart’s career has taken a nose dive.

Ultimately unable to help Hertha escape relegation after the 2022/23 campaign, Union scooped Tousart up from their cross-town competitors for a paltry sum of €2.8m in the summer of 2023. Tousart contested a total of 127 German top flight fixtures for the two Berlin clubs.

Tousart did manage to score nine goals across all competitions for his Charlottenburg outfit, but never managed to find the back of the net after switching to Köpenick. He made just 15 league appearances last year, mostly as a substitute. He presently maintains an estimated €2.5m market value.

“I would like to thank the club and, above all, the fans for their support,” Tousart noted in a club statement. “Now the right moment has come for me to return to France. I am very much looking forward to it.“

“Lucas was an absolute professional with his heart in the right place,” FCU managing director Horst Heldt added. “At the same time, he was also a great asset to our team on a personal level. He identified fully with Union and was an important part of our team.”

GGFN | Peter Weis