The Hamburger SV Sentinel
Market9 Dec 2030
Javi Martínez asks to leave Hamburger SV
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout9 Dec 2030
Étienne Borié says Hamburger SV went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market9 Dec 2030
Only the photograph left for Jannes von Diczelski
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Jannes von Diczelski will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Hamburger SV the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad9 Dec 2030
Conrad Harder in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hamburger SV this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout9 Dec 2030
No hiding place for Marvin Friedrich
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Marvin Friedrich, and the manager let it.
Squad9 Dec 2030
El Chadaille Bitshiabu falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market9 Dec 2030
Hannes Wolf is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Hamburger SV has been clear about where Hannes Wolf stands, which is more than many ever get.
Match7 Dec 2030
Hamburger SV rescue it on 94 minutes
Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 94. Borussia Dortmund had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.
Market9 Dec 2030
Still no ink between Hamburger SV and Niklas Stark
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Hamburger SV, another week without a signature from Niklas Stark.
In brief
- The dugout Patrik Schick asks for a word with the manager
- Squad A muscle injury sidelines Robert Sauer for 14 days
- The dugout Conrad Harder gets picked when it counts