Comments on: Transfer Talk: Part 1

By: travesti

travesti — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:54:39 +0000

transfer needs is required

By: diana

diana — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:50:36 +0000

‘@ Diana: The fee is ridiculous. When you think that there are people living on $1 a day, or less, for a club to spend $80m…’
Right. But if the club can cough up such an amount in such times, well…it is their problem. I know Real Madrid had been criticised in Spain and abroad for what they had been doing so far but, I only know that I am relieved to see the back of Cristiano Ronaldo as a ManU supporter. The faster he is off to Spain, the better.

From the ManU perspective, we could really use some of those money to probably convince fan favourite Carlos Tevez to remain at the club. Though to be honest, I am not too optimistic with what I had been reading just about everyday about Tevez’s future.

By the way, I was reading VdV was saying recently that Manuel Pellegrini had tried to sign him twice from the HSV when Pellegrini was still at Villarreal. Here – http://www.sportinglife.com/football/overseas/spain/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=international_feed/09/06/15/SOCCER_Spa-Real_Madrid_Van_der_Vaart.html&TEAMHD=spain

Not sure if you read about that though Evan but, yeah.

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:54:09 +0000

@ Diana: The fee is ridiculous. When you think that there are people living on $1 a day, or less, for a club to spend $80m…

@Ashiq: I doubt Cana would leave. He’s very popular at OM, and they’re playing really well. We would need a big offer to tempt them.
Elia, last I heard, wanted a move to Ajax, as he wanted to be with BMJ. As this was a pre-Jol (a word I will now be copyrighting) transfer, I don’t think it will go through (I could be wrong).
I hadn’t heard about Kacar, Sparv, Berg, or Krkic, I’ll look into them. Last I heard on Katsouranis, he was set to sign for Panathanaikos (spelling?), and it was a done deal. I’ll try find more on that.

@Chris: I’d love to seen Van der Vaart back. He was my favorite (him, Kompany, or dJ) at HSV.
The exams went well. I haven’t posted parts 2+ yet, as I’ve been getting them back, and having to do “reflections”. Topped my English and Maths, and got A’s in Economics, Politics, and Accounting.

@Mark: I would have loved Borowski a few years back, but he’s been plagued by injuries the past seasons. If he stays injury free, I’d love to see him come to Hamburg.
Haven’t seen the Schulz rumour yet. I guess with so many rumours, it’s hard to spot them all. Given the rivalry between 96 and HSV, I can’t see Schulz coming in. But he is a left-back, and as great as our young fullbacks have been, Schulz would add some experience.
To my knowledge, we’re still trying for Marin. Apparently (underline that) Marko wasn’t impressed with our games against Werder under Jol. But we finished better than Bremen in the league (by quite a bit), and Jol has left. I’m hoping we can grab him, as I can see him playing for us (and making us very successful in the process).

Don’t worry everyone, we’ll be sure to do a wrap-up just before the season starts. (we being Chris or myself, depending on who’s lazier)

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:16:04 +0000

@Chris: Boateng could be an option for the central defense. He played a fantastic match against Spain’s U21 today. It remains to be seen whether he can consistently pull off these performances as the tournament progresses. One of the best things to come out of Jol’s escape could be a return to form of Boateng.

I also hope that Labaddia will give Rincon a second chance. I thought what he showed in the few matches he played was very promising.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:28:31 +0000

I liked the idea of Borowski coming in. Especially if VdV doesn’t come back. I also read today on the HSV website that they’re interested in Christian Shultz from Hannover 96. Do you think that’s realistic? Any chance that HSV are still pursuing Marko Marin, or has Werder pretty much locked him up?

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:30:40 +0000

And a hearty Welcome back Evan. How’d the exams go?

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:28:08 +0000

I asked the blogger for OM whether or not Cana was going to leave vis-a-vis the Hamburg rumors, and Magnusson emphatically said NO WAY, they were even considering making him captain. I can't see Cana coming either--OM want waaaaaaay too much money for him (10m+). Didi has *only* budgeted 16-18m for this summer. Go get Rafa, play him behind the Guerrero and Petric, put Jansen, Jarolim, and Trochowski in the midfield, and have Boateng, Alex Silva, Mathijsen, and Aogo on the back line. Case closed. And I like that lineup *A LOT*.

By: Ashiq

Ashiq — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:14:02 +0000

An update on Cana,

Didi is apparently in talks with Olympique Marseille over Lorik Cana.

http://66.249.89.132/translate_c?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www1.ndr.de/sport/fussball/hsv2190.html&prev=hp&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhhg-79joJGgVYJUcAnQL7FGtcbRng

There’s also talk about Katsouranis and Elia.

By: Ashiq

Ashiq — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:21:16 +0000

From what I read, I think Lorik Cana is high on the wishlist but apparently an offer of around 8M was rejected, it could well mean that he wants Champions League football.

Mopo.de reported that the Eljero Elia is nearing completion. This is questionable as he wants to play under Jol. There’s also talk about Kacar (Hertha Berlin), Berg (Groningen), Sparv (Halmstads BK) and possibly Krkic?

http://216.239.61.132/translate_c?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.mopo.de/2009/20090615/sport/hsv/er_will_einen_em_star_fuer_den_hsv.html&prev=hp&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhg7f7_gjaKpbPdkxqBo51ZSxyND4Q

By: g

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:20:27 +0000

like BMJ said, players want to leave, but they (often/usually) end up regretting it.