Van der Vaart replacement?
By: Chris | August 7th, 2008Story today about HSV’s search to replace Rafa. Surprise! He’s Dutch.
Who is this mystery man? Liverpool’s Dirk Kuyt. Here’s the rub: The Scousers want 
£16m for him. The reasons Rafa Benitez is even considering selling Kuyt are that: 1) Liverpool are operating under a mandate that transfers be funded internally; and 2) Liverpool want Gareth Barry who Aston Villa are willing to sell for a cool £18m. All this has completely turned off Hamburg’s frugal board, and it seems that this one is dead.
Good to see that the club are looking for quality players. Any ideas about who else they may go after? I am very interested to hear your thoughts . . .
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what r u talking about? isn’t zidan enough? or u don’t have enough faith in him!!!!
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So I see! It’s The Daily Mail reporting Kuyt as VDV’s replacement.
Chris, I have this ‘policy’ of mine regarding the English tabloids. I don’t trust whatever transfer rumours coming out of there. Period.
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Zidan is a player for the wings but Hamburg are looking for a central striker like Guerrero just 2-3 times better.
Other names from the rumor mills:
- Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
- Roman Pavlyuchenko
- Klaas Jan HuntelaarThough, the latter two would be a) too expensive b) would only join one of the big clubs.
Midfield options:
- Michael Bradley
- Ibrahim AfellayAlso rumor has it, that Didi Beiersdorfer was in France yesterday. Initially people thought it was about central defender Marko Basa, but Basa just joined another club already, so he probably was after someone completely different.
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I thought that Michael Bradley fit the HSV transfer “profile” very well–young, experienced, talented and unproven at in a larger league, and therefore, cheap–and had come to the conclusion that he would be a great fit, but an unlikely move. Another plus is that he is coming from the Eredivisie. Vennegor of Hesselink also fits that profile, except for the young part.
Zizzou will be playing on the flanks and if they need him to play in the middle, I see him more as someone coming off the bench.
Guerrero’s problem is that while he immensely talented, but he is so wildly incosistent.
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Reading around online and saw this – http://www.sportinglife.com/football/premiership/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/08/08/07/SOCCER_Liverpool_Benitez.html&TEAMHD=premiership
Rafa Benitez making it clear Kuyt’s not leaving Anfield. He has talked to the Dutchman himself.
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I think Bradley would fit Hamburg’s transfer philosophy as well. I think he could play on both Jarolim’s and Trochowski’s position, so that would add some depth and healthy competition inside the squad. Though I wonder whether they might decide to give Trochowski a chance without putting a vdV replacement in front of him. They could take the risk if they get a good striker.
Choupo Moting is still recovering from a lengthy injury, but he is the type of player who could play in Guerrero’s position as well, and he is a very highly rated youngster. So I wonder whether a loan deal with some big club might be a possibility? Wouldn’t cost Hamburg that much money and they would win time for their talents to get into Bundesliga shape…
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huntelaar would be amazing!
and itd still be a step up from ajax, as vdV found out…Posted from
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Hey, I’d love to see KJH as much as the next guy. I think that his price will be too high for Hamburg after last season.
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