by Lesley Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:47 pm
stinger wrote:One question remains - how they are doing this?
Sports director with great negotiating skills. *shrugs*
After his transfer to Hamburg in 2006 Vincent Kompany said "There are clubs that want you. And then there are clubs that
really want you."
That basically summarises what most players said, who signed for Hamburg during the last couple of years. That they got the feeling that the club really wanted them, and how impressed they were by the way our management fought for their signature.
I know, that's probably not the only secret, but it's certainly one important part of the puzzle.
Of course, someone like Thiago Neves also knows how someone like Rafael van der Vaart became a star here, went to Real Madrid and immediately made the starting eleven (even if it's mainly because Wesley Sneijder is currently out of action).
Hamburg has proven to be a good steppingstone for players, who want to play for one of the really big clubs one day.