The Hamburger SV Sentinel
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
The paperwork begins on Erison
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Hamburger SV have done the hard part with Kawasaki Frontale, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Market28 Aug 2028
Nicolás Capaldo 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.
Match26 Aug 2028
SC Freiburg end the Hamburger SV run at 13
Every run ends on an afternoon somebody had marked down as routine. This one went 13 matches, which is long enough that a town had stopped counting, and short enough that it will remember exactly who stopped it.
Match26 Aug 2028
Nobody wins at Hamburger SV
13 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Daniel Heuer Fernandes keeps Hamburger SV in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market28 Aug 2028
Hamburger SV turn down Kaiserslautern for William Mikelbrencis
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
An offer of $1.9M for Tim Handwerker
Hamburger SV have gone to Arminia Bielefeld with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Hamburger SV
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
Door shut on Alejandro Grimaldo
Hamburger SV asked and VfB Stuttgart said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- Market Thomas Sauer steps up from the Hamburger SV academy
- Market Hamburger SV promote Daniel Seidel from within
- Match A bad afternoon for Hamburger SV against SC Freiburg