Vuskovic arrived at Spurs from Hajduk Split in June, having pre-agreed a £12 million ($24.8 million) switch to the Premier League side in September 2023.

But with Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Kevin Danso, Radu Dragusin and Ben Davies above him in the pecking order, the Croatia international will head to Germany for regular minutes.

HSV is back in the Bundesliga for the first time since 2017-2018 after promotion last term, and started the campaign with a goalless draw at Borussia Monchengladbach last weekend.