Comments on: Stop the presses! Again! http://hamburg.theoffside.com/team-news/stop-the-presses-again.html News from Hamburger SV German football team Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:52:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: diana http://hamburg.theoffside.com/team-news/stop-the-presses-again.html#comment-2330 diana Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:33:12 +0000 http://hamburg.theoffside.com/team-news/stop-the-presses-again.html#comment-2330 'I have to give credit to Beiersdorfer for keeping his transfers a secret until almost the last possible moment. The Alex Silva story emerged only very shortly before Hamburg signed him. Marcel Jansen and Mladen Petric came completely out of the blue. Wow.' The way I see it, Hamburg pulling off a Bayern in regards to the Jansen move. Back then Klinsmann's appointment as the new Bayern coach earlier in the year took many by surprise (to the extent that one of the newspapers here even had a report about it from AFP). I thought I almost had a heart attack then reading about his appointment. Seriously, I didn't saw the Jansen move coming. I swear, I almost got the shock of my life when I first saw the report on the kicker website. It's just like when Klinsmann was announced to be the new coach. Anyhow, Jansen revealed that the HSV board had contacted him a long time ago and he considered the move over the summer - http://www.sportinglife.com/football/overseas/germany/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=international_feed/08/08/27/SOCCER_Ger-Hamburg_Jansen.html&TEAMHD=germany Sneaky. 'I would be tempted to say so.' Maybe we can start to dream. :P This is the club I always have a soft spot for. And Jan, I thought both van der Vaart and Kompany had already left the club? ‘I have to give credit to Beiersdorfer for keeping his transfers a secret until almost the last possible moment. The Alex Silva story emerged only very shortly before Hamburg signed him. Marcel Jansen and Mladen Petric came completely out of the blue. Wow.’
The way I see it, Hamburg pulling off a Bayern in regards to the Jansen move. Back then Klinsmann’s appointment as the new Bayern coach earlier in the year took many by surprise (to the extent that one of the newspapers here even had a report about it from AFP). I thought I almost had a heart attack then reading about his appointment.

Seriously, I didn’t saw the Jansen move coming. I swear, I almost got the shock of my life when I first saw the report on the kicker website. It’s just like when Klinsmann was announced to be the new coach.

Anyhow, Jansen revealed that the HSV board had contacted him a long time ago and he considered the move over the summer – http://www.sportinglife.com/football/overseas/germany/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=international_feed/08/08/27/SOCCER_Ger-Hamburg_Jansen.html&TEAMHD=germany Sneaky.

‘I would be tempted to say so.’
Maybe we can start to dream. :P This is the club I always have a soft spot for. And Jan, I thought both van der Vaart and Kompany had already left the club?

]]> By: Jan http://hamburg.theoffside.com/team-news/stop-the-presses-again.html#comment-2329 Jan Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:52:23 +0000 http://hamburg.theoffside.com/team-news/stop-the-presses-again.html#comment-2329 Looks like it won't be Bradley but Thiago Neves. A lot of German newspapers wrote about the capture of Neves, while reporting about the Jansen transfer. HSV - van der Vaart - Kompany - Zidan - Atouba(?) + Petric + Jansen + Silva + Neves + Pitroipa = A better HSV? I would be tempted to say so. Looks like it won’t be Bradley but Thiago Neves. A lot of German newspapers wrote about the capture of Neves, while reporting about the Jansen transfer.

HSV
- van der Vaart
- Kompany
- Zidan
- Atouba(?)
+ Petric
+ Jansen
+ Silva
+ Neves
+ Pitroipa
= A better HSV?

I would be tempted to say so.

]]> By: Jan http://hamburg.theoffside.com/team-news/stop-the-presses-again.html#comment-2328 Jan Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:43:12 +0000 http://hamburg.theoffside.com/team-news/stop-the-presses-again.html#comment-2328 I have to give credit to Beiersdorfer for keeping his transfers a secret until almost the last possible moment. The Alex Silva story emerged only very shortly before Hamburg signed him. Marcel Jansen and Mladen Petric came completely out of the blue. Wow. Anyway, Jansen played a very strong 2006/2007 season for Gladbach and in the national team. His first season at Bayern was overshadowed by a lengthy injury spell and poor form. During the Euros he was a weak link in a weak German defense. Based on 2006/2007 he's an absolutely brilliant signing. Based on 2007/2008 he's a definite step up from Atouba but also a bit of a doubt. Also, I wonder whether Betis really stole Monzon, because all the stories about the deal always came from Argentina. None of the German sources close to Hamburg had any clues about him except for a supposed quote by Jol, that Monzon never was his primary target, once the deal was dead. In case of Monzon you would have needed to give him up to a full season to get used to the new league/country, which isn't the case with Jansen. Time will tell though, how much of a talent Monzon turns out to be. But if Jansen finds his form, Hamburg won't need to look back thinking "what if we had signed Monzon instead". Jansen isn't the most popular player on the national team, but a German national team player still has a better marketing value in Germany than an unknown Argentine talent. So that should be an economic bonus as well. I would welcome a Chrisantus loan deal. He didn't get any first team playing time recently and Jol actually played another youngster (Torun) instead of him. He probably isn't ready yet. The situation won't get better once Choupo-Moting returns, who I think is ahead of Chrisantus as well at the moment. I have to give credit to Beiersdorfer for keeping his transfers a secret until almost the last possible moment. The Alex Silva story emerged only very shortly before Hamburg signed him. Marcel Jansen and Mladen Petric came completely out of the blue. Wow.

Anyway, Jansen played a very strong 2006/2007 season for Gladbach and in the national team. His first season at Bayern was overshadowed by a lengthy injury spell and poor form. During the Euros he was a weak link in a weak German defense. Based on 2006/2007 he’s an absolutely brilliant signing. Based on 2007/2008 he’s a definite step up from Atouba but also a bit of a doubt. Also, I wonder whether Betis really stole Monzon, because all the stories about the deal always came from Argentina. None of the German sources close to Hamburg had any clues about him except for a supposed quote by Jol, that Monzon never was his primary target, once the deal was dead. In case of Monzon you would have needed to give him up to a full season to get used to the new league/country, which isn’t the case with Jansen. Time will tell though, how much of a talent Monzon turns out to be. But if Jansen finds his form, Hamburg won’t need to look back thinking “what if we had signed Monzon instead”. Jansen isn’t the most popular player on the national team, but a German national team player still has a better marketing value in Germany than an unknown Argentine talent. So that should be an economic bonus as well.

I would welcome a Chrisantus loan deal. He didn’t get any first team playing time recently and Jol actually played another youngster (Torun) instead of him. He probably isn’t ready yet. The situation won’t get better once Choupo-Moting returns, who I think is ahead of Chrisantus as well at the moment.

]]> By: Luke http://hamburg.theoffside.com/team-news/stop-the-presses-again.html#comment-2327 Luke Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:57:32 +0000 http://hamburg.theoffside.com/team-news/stop-the-presses-again.html#comment-2327 The transfer fee appears to be 8 million Euros, which is about a third less than he was purchased for from Gladbach. It leaves Bayern very thin at fullback, and with no reserve squad man in line to step up, the question remains who will they add that would justify creating space by dumping Jansen? I have to confess, since I didn't see this move coming, I have no idea. The transfer fee appears to be 8 million Euros, which is about a third less than he was purchased for from Gladbach. It leaves Bayern very thin at fullback, and with no reserve squad man in line to step up, the question remains who will they add that would justify creating space by dumping Jansen? I have to confess, since I didn’t see this move coming, I have no idea.

]]> By: Chris http://hamburg.theoffside.com/team-news/stop-the-presses-again.html#comment-2325 Chris Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:17:10 +0000 http://hamburg.theoffside.com/team-news/stop-the-presses-again.html#comment-2325 I have *NO* idea, but I am happier than I have been in a long time. Jansen's injuries must have figured into the reasoning, but I cannot fathom why. . . I have *NO* idea, but I am happier than I have been in a long time. Jansen’s injuries must have figured into the reasoning, but I cannot fathom why. . .

]]> By: Parker http://hamburg.theoffside.com/team-news/stop-the-presses-again.html#comment-2324 Parker Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:32:57 +0000 http://hamburg.theoffside.com/team-news/stop-the-presses-again.html#comment-2324 Is Klinsmann out of his mind or he need money to make a huge deal? Is Klinsmann out of his mind or he need money to make a huge deal?

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