Competition for Muheim? HSV eyeing up a left-back | OneFootball

In the upcoming transfer period, HSV is likely to be mainly occupied with the search for a striker. However, there could also be reinforcements in another position.

There is a need for action on the left defensive side, where there is no alternative to Miro Muheim. Noah Katterbach has been relegated to a regular spectator under Merlin Polzin. The Hamburg officials have already set their sights on a candidate. According to information from Sky Sport, they are showing interest in Raoul Petretta, whose contract with Toronto FC expires at the end of the year.

Accordingly, he would be available on a free transfer from January 1st. HSV has already inquired with the German-Italian's management but is not going all out yet. The same applies to FC Augsburg, which is also considering Petretta. Additionally, two clubs from Portugal are eyeing the 28-year-old, who spent much of his career at FC Basel.

HSV with a good connection to Petretta's agent

His path led him from Kasimpasa to Toronto FC in the MLS. There, Petretta – who possesses his strengths more in the defensive area but still knows how to handle the ball – has been a regular in the past three years. He now aims to return to Europe. He is supported by renowned agent Jorge Mendes, whose clients include Cristiano Ronaldo.

Mendes is also in contact with HSV's sporting director Stefan Kuntz. Otherwise, Fábio Vieira would not have been loaned from FC Arsenal to the Hanseatic city on the deadline day. To what extent the good relationship with the agent proves advantageous in the Petretta case remains to be seen. What is clear, however, is that the defensively sometimes quite vulnerable Muheim needs a competitor. When he was dropped from the starting lineup in the northern derby against Werder Bremen, the trained central defender and previously rarely used Aboubaka Soumahoro stepped in.

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In the long run, Soumahoro should not have to move to the outside. HSV seems interested in creating competition for the left-back position. Possibly, a cost-effective solution could soon be presented with Petretta, who has also appeared in the Champions League.

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