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Hamburg want a new striker. Adrian Mutu (Fiorentina) and Martin Harnik (Werder) have been mentioned.

Adrian Mutu zu Hamburger SV? - Forum: Gerüchteküche - transfermarkt.de
Hamburger SV interessiert an Martin Harnik - Forum: Gerüchteküche - transfermarkt.de

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Hamburg linked with Pablo Aimar.
transfermarkt .de

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HSV play Manchester City

HSV will open the 2008/09 season with a friendly game against the English Premier League side Manchester City at the HSH Nordbank Arena on July 26th 2008.

The kick off time has yet to be announced. HSV fans will relish the rare chance to have a look at how the blue side of Manchester play.

Return for Mpenza

The former HSV striker Emile Mpenza plays for City, who recently appointed Mark Hughes as their new boss.

Pre-season ticket sales for the game look likely to begin on Tuesday June 24th 2008.

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"A dream for every young player "

Dennis Aogo will make the move from SC Freiburg to Hamburger SV this summer. Read what he has to say about his transfer.

Question: You're still young. What were the decisive reasons for joining Hamburger SV?

Dennis Aogo: When I started my career aged 17, we lost 4-0 in Hamburg with SC Freiburg. Already back then the dream started to play for a club like HSV and with such a stadium. Wenn HSV came in for me I knew that I was going to come. It's a dream for every young player to play for such a club. I'm happy and delighted that it worked out.

Question: New HSV coach Martin Jol is a coach who banks on young players and develops them. Was that another reason to sign for HSV?

Aogo: Of course. But my decision already stood before HSV signed the new coach. I knew that HSV are a well-conducted and professional club. I often talked to a good friend of mine who already plays at HSV and had good informations that the club banks on young players. That's why there was no need for long considerations. I knew that I wanted to join HSV.

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Newcastle Line Up Mathijsen

Dutch defender Joris Mathijsen is wanted by a number of Premier League clubs with Newcastle, Blackburn and Sunderland all reportedly interested in signing the centre back.

Mathijsen, a Dutch international, currently plays for Bundesliga side Hamburg and is thought to be valued at around £10 million.

The defender featured prominently at Euro 2008, playing in both the group games against Italy and France and also the quarter final defeat to Russia, which saw Holland eliminated from the tournament.

The News of the World states that new Blackburn Rovers boss Paul Ince is eyeing up the defender but that he faces stiff competition from North East rivals Sunderland and Newcastle.

Newcastle would appear to be favourites to sign the 28 year old and their defensive frailties have been well documented in recent seasons.

However, centre back Steven Taylor has pledged his future to the club earlier this week by signing a new contract and Kevin Keegan obviously sees Mathijsen as the perfect partner for the captain of the England Under 21 side.

Newcastle have also tried Claudio Cacapa and Abdoulaye Faye in the centre of defence last season but neither have particularly made their position their own and manager Keegan will be looking for an improvement as he seeks to build on last season’s 12th place finish.

Goal.com - Hamburg - Newcastle Line Up Mathijsen

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Chimbonda To Reunite With Jol?

Hamburg manager Martin Jol is keen to sign Pascal Chimbonda for a second time, according to News of the World…

The Tottenham defender has long been linked with a move from White Hart Lane, increasingly so since the arrival of Scottish international Alan Hutton in January.

Chimbonda joined the north London club in 2006 after impressing Jol – then at Spurs – with his displays for Wigan Athletic, but the ex-Bastia man has failed to make much of an impression on new boss Juande Ramos.

Aston Villa have also been linked with 29-year-old, as they are in need of a new right-back following the departure of Olof Mellberg to Juventus.

Whoever is to win the one-time les Bleus star’s signature would have to pay at least ₤4million.

Goal.com - Tottenham - Chimbonda To Reunite With Jol?

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HSV back in action

Bundesliga dinosaurs Hamburger SV are finally back on the ball.

Some 400 fans showed up at the HSH Nordbank Arena to have a first look at all the new faces, including new head coach Martin Jol.

Just 17 players around

The coaching staff had to be content with 17 players. Jonathan Pitroipa, Guy Demel, Tim Atouba, Rafael van der Vaart, Nigel de Jong, Joris Mathijsen and Piotr Trochowski are still on holiday.

Paolo Guerrero, Ivica Olic and David Jarolim will join the team on Monday afternoon, Romeo Castelen trained on his own and will follow in a few days.

Maxim Choupo-Moting is currently recovering from meniscus surgery.

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No Beijing adventure for Kompany

Vincent Kompany (22) won't take part in the Olympic Games in Beijing/China.

That was the outcome of talks between the Belgian and HSV sporting director Dietmar Beiersdorfer.

Odjidja-Ofoe taking part

The opening game against Brazil would have been on August 7, meaning that Kompany would have missed most of pre-season as well as the first round of the DFB Cup and HSV's Bundesliga opener against Bayern.

Kompany's team-mate Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe will be part of the Belgian squad in Beijing, however.

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Pinneberg District IX- Hamburger SV 0-6 (0-2)

Hamburger SV: Wolfgang Hesl, Collin Benjamin (74. Timo Kunert), Vincent Kompany, Bastian Reinhardt, Jerome Boateng, Dennis Aogo, Änis Ben Hatira (70. Jonathan Pitroipa), David Jarolim, Paolo Guerrero (76. Tunay Torun), Mohamed Zidan (69. Macauley Chrisantus), Anton Putsilo (46. Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe)

Goals: 1-0, 2-0 Paolo Guerrero (18.,45.), 3-0 Mohamed Zidan (61.), 4-0 Collin Benjamin (71.), 5-0, 6-0 Macauley Chrisantus (83.,86.)

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Hard work on and off the ball

It rained non-stop during their first training session in Längenfeld (Ötztal), but that didn't dampen the spirits of the Hamburg players.

Alongside the obligatory fitness practice, coach Martin Jol had the squad working on their ball skills. "That's our philosophy", Jol said afterwards, while adding, "there will be plenty of off-the-ball work, too. It's all part and parcel of training." The first such session will be on Tuesday - at seven in the morning. "Then it's off into the woods for 45 minutes of interval training."

Striker Ivica Olic will be partaking of that too, having joined up with the rest of the squad on Monday evening. Olic's wife Natali has just given birth to a daughter, Lara.

Castelen in part-training

The recuperating Romeo Castelen will continue his build-up training with athletics coach Markus Günther. Jol meanwhile expressed his pleasure with the two new faces in the squad, former SC Freiburg duo Jonathan Pitroipa and Dennis Aogo.

"Aogo is still young, but he's got stuck right in, he's really engaged. As for Pitroipa, the coach has clearly been impressed by his "special qualties", his dribbling and his pace: "When Didi told me half the league was after him I thought he was going a bit over the top. But it's true, the lad is really good - we should all just make sure we don't get too carried away."

Bundesliga - Die offizielle Webseite

What do you guys think? Can Martin Jol lead HSV again into a top 4 finish?

They were strong at some period last season, but then their form dropped.

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Hamburg won 5-0 in a friendly yesterday against Lubeck.

Anton Putsilo, Anis Ben-Hatira (2), Mohamed Zidan and Tunay Torun scored the goals.

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Hamburg SV v Manchester City
Pre-Season Friendly
Saturday 26th July 08
HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg

Match live on Channel 5.

City's first official pre-season friendly sees us travel to the familiar ground of Hamburg after we played a friendly there back in 2002.

Mark Hughes talks about the game: "I think that our pre-season is on paper as good as any that I have been involved in," Hughes declares, "because of the quality of the opposition we are facing and that we have competitive games interspersed as well. From my point of view, it`s perfect.'

"If you could pick a pre-season for preparation purposes, you would struggle to top the one that we have this year. We have to make the most of it."

He continues with: "It`s a case of getting minutes into the players legs, we are taking a reasonably-sized squad that will be senior-based. The guys who were missing at the beginning of the preparation period need to get up to speed, so we will look to give them decent stints against Hamburg.

"That should help them with the games we have leading into the start of the Premier League season. It`s a key game for a number of players."

Hamburg's manager Martin Jol talks about the game: "Our team know each other, now I expect them to play with confidence and please our fans. Everyone is fit and I will decide who plays shortly before kick off. We will pick a side from our best 16 to 17 players"

He added: "I have never lost a game against Manchester City."
HSV Hamburg Team News:
Vincent Kompany has been selected for the Belgium Olympic squad so is unlikely to play.

Player to watch: Rafael Van der Vaart
Has the ability to run a midfield and has a good eye for goal.

Manchester City FC Team News:
City's treatment table for our forwards is rather full at the moment with Bianchi, Vassell, Evans and Sturridge being the only ones available for tomorrow's game.

No injury news regarding the midfield or the defence however and so Mark Hughes should have a decent squad to pick from.

Mark has said that Sturridge will play some part in the game.

Player to watch: Martin Petrov
As the game in the Faroes demonstrated; yet again this left footed wing meastro knows how to put a cross in and score the odd goal.

Match Facts & Stats
City were beaten one nil in the friendly in 2002 with a header by Czech international Tomas Ujfalusi from a corner. Richard Dunne is the only remaining City player from the team that played then

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1-0 Hamburg

Defensive mistake by City defence.

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HSV Playing Great ....
** Van Der Vaart Playing in This Game And He IS THE CAPTEN **