Overview

• Olympique Lyon secured Karabec on loan from Sparta Prague through June 2026 for a €300,000 fee, a €3.5 million purchase option and up to €800,000 in performance bonuses.
• The deal includes a 15 percent sell-on clause guaranteeing Sparta Prague a share of any future transfer profit.
• Hamburger SV declined to trigger its previously agreed €4.2 million option and could not agree new terms with Sparta Prague.
• Karabec publicly thanked HSV on Instagram and received an official farewell post stating he is “always welcome” at the Volksparkstadion.
• It is assumed that Sparta extended Karabec’s contract to permit a full-season loan, but the club has not confirmed such an extension.