How much longer HSV keeper Heuer Fernandes wants to play! | OneFootball

For HSV goalkeeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes, retiring is still a long way off. And that despite being a relatively advanced 33 years old.

Quite the opposite: the veteran has clear ideas about how long he still wants to play at the highest level. “Several. Maybe three, maybe four,” Heuer Fernandes says in an interview with the Hamburger Abendblatt about his remaining years in professional football.

He is deliberately not setting himself a specific limit: “I feel great, and I want to play as long as I can.” For goalkeepers in particular, age is relative anyway. “As a keeper, at 33 you’re really at the ideal age for a goalkeeper,” he emphasizes, also pointing to role models like Manuel Neuer, who are still performing at the top level even at 40.

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“Nothing new” in HSV contract talks with Heuer Fernandes

So while Heuer Fernandes is not thinking about stopping anytime soon, his contract situation at HSV remains unresolved. Talks over a new deal have been ongoing for months. So far, however, there is no breakthrough in sight. “There’s nothing new. We’re in the same position as we were a week ago,” the goalkeeper explains matter-of-factly.

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For Heuer Fernandes, though, the focus these days is on the pitch. That is because one of the biggest highlights of the season so far is coming up there: the northern derby against Werder Bremen (Saturday, 3:30 p.m.).

“We’re expecting pure emotion, and as a player you’re obviously incredibly excited for that,” says the veteran. Even the heated atmosphere at Bremen’s Weserstadion does not intimidate him. “I love that energy,” says Heuer Fernandes. “You just have to prepare very precisely for that atmosphere. We’ll talk about it in the dressing room as well. We simply have to know what to expect.”

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