Hamburg have an abundance of quality players for the wings, so they don’t need to sign a Zidan replacement. Instead they finally get a high quality player, who could challenge Guerrero. Zidan was given a second chance by Jol, but it was still a gamble, as to whether Zidan would be able to realize his full potential at Hamburg.

Dortmund/Klopp on the other hand could really use a player like Zidan and Zidan could rejoin his former mentor. Petric on the other hand isn’t the perfect fit for Klopp’s preferred system and he isn’t BFF with Alex Frei. So, Dortmund get a potentially excellent player, who fits into Klopp’s system and a bit of money to spent on a midfielder or defender (after Dede’s injury).

Anyway, I’m positively surprised by this move. Hamburg have saved a lot of money with this deal and can now spend more on a talented midfielder, who could add more depth and options to the squad and potentially buy a defender in case Atouba leaves the club. I think Hamburg have the realistic chance to come out of the vdV sale with a stronger team than before…