Player and club hope for a solution: HSV star set to leave! | OneFootball

The days when Noah Katterbach played an important sporting role at HSV are long gone. It now seems likely that the two will soon part ways.

It would be the logical consequence of a Bundesliga season in which Katterbach did not make a single appearance for the Rothosen. He only made the matchday squad four times in total. At times, the 25-year-old’s frustration over his situation was so obvious that he let himself go in training. He had developed a “negative attitude,” Katterbach explained to the club’s own media.

Merlin Polzin and the coaching staff punished him in September 2025 with a temporary demotion to the U21s. There, however, the professional showed a strong response and rejoined the first team just a few weeks later.

Katterbach also reacted exemplary a second time: when he was on the verge of a move to second-division side Eintracht Braunschweig in the winter, HSV vetoed the transfer in order to keep a backup for first-choice left-back Miro Muheim in the squad. Katterbach, who had actually wanted to leave, accepted the decision and spent the second half of the season in the stands as well.

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Katterbach works hard for life after his HSV exit

This summer, however, the fresh start he has been aiming for over a longer period is expected to become reality. As Bild reports, both the player and the club are interested in ending their collaboration in the near future despite a contract that runs until 2027. To that end, both parties are said to be in regular contact.

These days, Katterbach is keeping fit at the training camp of his agency Rogon in Mengkofen, Bavaria. The versatile defensive player has gathered almost no match fitness over the past year and a half and therefore wants to get into shape for a potential new employer. A move to the 2. Bundesliga could once again be an option.

The catch: HSV have not yet received any offers for Katterbach, and concrete talks have so far failed to materialize. However, once the former Germany U21 international receives an offer that suits him, things could move quickly. In any case, HSV will not stand in the way of their long-time protégé.

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