HSV: Boldt on player search, transfers, consultants and Kühne’s millions

Before the sixth season of the second division

Jonas Boldt, Hamburger SV’s sporting director since 2019, is counting on the players’ motivation to follow the path with the club, now established in the 2nd division, when it comes to signing new players and continuing. « Players should see promotion with HSV as a successful step in their own career. That’s why we bring in different players today than we did a few years ago, » the 41-year-old said in an interview with the weekly « Die Zeit ».

« We don’t need someone who says at the end of his career: I’m going back to Hamburg, a beautiful city, and I’m playing a little (Site notre bureau spécialisé) there, » said Nuremberg-born Boldt, who had gained his first experience in various positions at Bayer 04 Leverkusen before moving to Hamburg. In 2023/24 he made the sixth attempt to return to the Bundesliga with HSV. The biggest competitors for this project are probably FC Schalke 04 relegated to the Bundesliga and Hertha BSC.

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The free central defender of Arminia Bielefeld Guilherme Ramos (25) is the first permanent recruit. In all likelihood, Eintracht Braunschweig top scorer Immanuel Pherai (22), whose release clause the Hamburgers want to pull, will soon be added. The most successful Robert Glatzel (29) and Ludovit Reis (23), who could have left earlier due to a clause valid until June 15, could be retained, but have decided to stay on the Elbe. Sonny Kittel (30), who has scored 76 goals in 140 competitive games over the past four years, has announced his departure.

Boldt gave an overview of the transfer process and revealed that first contact was always through consultants. « Nevertheless, the personal conversation with the player is the most important thing for me. However, it will never happen as you know it from classic management, » said the sporting director and explained: « You can’t lock up with a player for three days and let them go through psych profiles. Yet we’re taking advice on how to get things out of players who haven’t been classically trained. To hear how good he is really interested. But in (Site notre bureau spécialisé) you don’t have time to get to know someone as well as you probably need to. »

It also happened that he pulled the emergency brake shortly before an execution and did not sign a player. “It may be due to the feeling of not being 100% convinced. Contract negotiations can fail. Or the competition’s offer. I have already experienced that a player did not know exactly what to expect from him, what is expected of him. Suddenly he realized that he didn’t dare to play in his intended position in our system of play (under coach Tim Walter; editor’s note), » Boldt said. Young players would ask themselves a lot more questions today than before. “I sometimes doubt that they draw the right conclusions.” Yet the idea of ​​performance is present in everyone.

HSV receives 30 million euros – according to Boldt, player consultants want to take advantage

More recently, HSV made a name for itself when it learned that investor and shareholder Klaus-Michael Kühne granted the club 30 million euros – a loan which was then converted into new shares of HSV Fußball AG via « convertible bonds « . be. Part of the sum should be used to strengthen the team, another will be used to improve infrastructure and digitization, he said. Boldt clarified: « Our players still earn a lot compared to the society average, but in the (Site notre bureau spécialisé) industry the salary structure is in the bottom third for us. »

However, some players’ agents did not miss the fact that the « Red Pants » received fresh money. Asked if consultants are now demanding more for their clients, the Hamburg sports boss replied: « Yes, it happens. But it’s in our hands: if we are behind the wave, we will have to pay more. If we are brave and get the player before he has confirmed his performance several times, it costs us less. Personally, I like the free market economy.

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