HSV loan fan favourite Stange to last season’s rivals! | OneFootball

As a native of Hamburg, Otto Stange enjoys the highest esteem among HSV fans. In order for him to continue to help the professional team in the long term, he is supposed to gain match practice. This is happening at SV Elversberg.

The Hamburger SV just confirmed the loan deal. Otto Stange will spend the current season at SV Elversberg, who collected only one point less than the Hanseatic League in the past season and ultimately missed promotion against 1. FC Heidenheim by a whisker. "With the loan, we have found an optimal solution for Otto's further development in terms of regular playing time. SVE has recently earned an excellent reputation as a station for loan players, so Otto will be in good hands there," explained Sports Director Claus Costa.

He further stated that HSV will be "in close coordination" with SVE during the loan "to ideally accompany the development". Stange already hinted at his great talent at the second league level. In the promotion season, he made his debut at the age of 17 in the 1:3 in Braunschweig. This was followed by goals in the home games against Fürth (5:0) and Düsseldorf (4:1).

Stange meets Poreba in Elversberg

However, the majority of the striker's 14 appearances were short, so he only totalled 145 minutes of play. This number is expected to increase significantly during his time in Elversberg. A loan to the Saarlanders has already proven to be a guide for players like Nick Woltemade, Paul Wanner or Fisnik Asllani to make their breakthrough in professional football. Accordingly, Stange, who has been called up for the German U19 national team, fits perfectly into the SVE profile.

"We are very pleased that Otto will strengthen our offense in the further course of the season. His potential is beyond question. He brings important qualities with his creative style of play, his speed and finishing strength, which will do our game good and give us a lot of pleasure," said Sports Director Nils-Ole Book in the club announcement.

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Despite the upheaval in the summer - in addition to some key players, successful coach Horst Steffen also left - Elversberg started impressively into the new second league season with nine points from four matches. By the way, Lukasz Poreba, who was loaned from HSV a month ago, was part of the starting lineup three times in a row. Stange also wants to earn the same standing under coach Vincent Wagner, who came from Hoffenheim.

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