Despite Bundesliga interest: top talent extends contract at HSV! | OneFootball

Shortly after extending the contract with Louis Lemke, HSV has pulled off another youth coup. A youngster has resisted offers from well-known clubs.

Finn Barkowsky will remain with Hamburger SV for the long term! The young talent, who has only been at the campus since 2023 and was previously trained at Hansa Rostock, recently provided a textbook assist for Maurice Boakye’s second goal in the U21 match against HSC Hannover. This marked his first scorer point in adult football.

Just a few days later, things got even better: On Wednesday, Barkowsky signed a new contract with a clear professional perspective. This is particularly noteworthy because, in recent months, other Bundesliga clubs had also shown interest in the U16 national player. According to the Hamburger Abendblatt, there were offers from Stuttgart and Mainz. Top second-division team Paderborn also made efforts. However, the attacking player, who is mainly deployed on the left wing, was determined to stay in Hamburg. And HSV, in turn, made it clear to him how much they are counting on his development.

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And he is certainly living up to them: In the summer, the 17-year-old moved up to the U19s, where he scored three goals in nine appearances and is part of a team that boasts a flawless record of nine wins from nine games in the A-Youth Bundesliga so far. At the beginning of October, Barkowsky was also allowed to train with the professionals for the first time. In an internal test match, he played one half and impressed so much that he has since been regularly used as a super-sub in the U21s.

The decision-makers at Volkspark are thrilled with his speed, dynamism, and his remarkably steep learning curve. With the new contract behind him, Barkowsky’s development is now set to pick up even more momentum. HSV sees him as a player who can make the leap to the professional team in the long term.

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