June 9th, 2009

First of many

By: Chris |

. . . Transfer rumors regarding current HSV players. Today, it is Mladen Petric and an offer from Bundesliga champs VfL Wolfsburg.

April 6th, 2009

What you may have missed

By: Chris |

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. . . If the Hamburg Offside is your only source of HSV news. Glad to be back. Once again my personal life has interfered with my life as a Hamburg supporter, which is a pretty nice way to refer to one’s self these days.

Category: Bundesliga, Champions League, DFB-Pokal, English Premier League, Manchester City, Match Recap, Schalke 04, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Team News, UEFA Cup, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen

February 16th, 2009

What the hell was that? And yes, I’m still here

By: Chris |

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Been a while since I last checked in and there has been a lot going on. Following the huge victory over Bayern on Matchday 18, HSV travelled to relegation strugglers Karlsruhe. And that’s where the misery starts.

Category: AFC Ajax Amsterdam, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, Eredivise, Hertha BSC Berlin, NEC Nijmegen, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Team News, Transfer Rumors, UEFA Cup

February 5th, 2009

Great beginning

By: Chris |

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Die Rothosen defeated nemesis Bayern Munich Friday evening to the tune of 1:0, in as good a football match as you are ever going to see.

January 23rd, 2009

Friday’s news

By: Chris |

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•The DFB has handed down its verdict on the dust up between Ivica Olic and Carlos Eduardo of TSG: Suspensions for both–2 Bundesliga games and 3 friendlies. Ouch. For HSV, Olic is out for the Bayern match on 30 January and the trip to Karlsruhe on 7 February.
•Mladen Petric is still nursing a tender calf [...]

Category: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Monchengladbach, Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Köln, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Martin Jol, Player News, Schalke 04, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Team News, VfB Stuttgart, Vfl Bochum, Werder Bremen

January 21st, 2009

Latest De Jong update

By: Chris |

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As reported in this space earlier, HSV agreed to Manchester City’s offer of 18-20 million Euro (depending on who you’re asking) for the rights to midfielder Nigel de Jong, and now there is a report in today’s edition of Bild (and confirmed by Kicker.de) stating De Jong has agreed to terms with City to the tune of [...]

January 19th, 2009

De Jong Update

By: Chris |

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It’s all done but the signing. HSV has agreed to Manchester City’s transfer offer of €20.5M, and now all that’s left is for De Jong’s agent to negotiate a contract for Nigel with the Citizens.
That’s all well and good, but what should HSV do with the dough? I’d love to hear your comments on:
•Replacement for [...]

January 16th, 2009

De Jong to Citeh?

By: Chris |

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As first reported on the Manchester City Offside, City have made an offer for another young HSV star, this time Nigel de Jong. The transfer fee is reported to be €15M (OR €16.5M, depending on the source), and this is not a tactic employed by Nigel’s agent to squeeze more money out of HSV during [...]

Category: Bayern Munich, Borussia Monchengladbach, Bundesliga, Champions League, English Premier League, Hertha BSC Berlin, Juventus, Manchester City, Martin Jol, Player News, Serie A, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Team News, Transfer Rumors

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Bayern Munich, Borussia Monchengladbach, Bundesliga, Champions League, English Premier League, FC Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Juventus, Manchester City, Martin Jol, Player News, Serie A, SV Hamburg, Team News, Transfer Rumors, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

January 13th, 2009

Tuesday’s news

By: Chris |

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News from training camp in chilly La Manga, Spain . . .
•Tuesday’s friendly versus Spanish side Cartagena was cancelled. BMJ had only *8* healthy bodies in training on Monday, and wanted as many players fit as he could get for Thursday’s friendly with Bundesliga leaders TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
•Alex Silva has a hernia and will miss the next four [...]

Category: Player News, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Team News

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, FC Bayern Munich, FC Bruges, Hamburger SV, Player News, SV Hamburg, Team News, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim