HSV new signing Nadir reveals his big dream | OneFootball

Bilal Nadir hasn’t quite settled in at HSV yet. After a difficult start, the summer signing is still working on finding his rhythm.

Things did not go according to plan from the moment the midfielder joined the team around three weeks ago during the training camp in Austria. The journey to Tyrol turned into an odyssey after he missed a connecting flight. On top of that came a lack of fitness and, more recently, slight muscular issues, which even ruled him out of the friendly against OSC Lille (2-2).

As a result, Nadir has so far only logged a few minutes in an HSV shirt. He played 14 minutes in the friendly against 1. FC Heidenheim and 13 minutes against Everton. Now the Frenchman with Moroccan roots is hoping to take the next step. In the final tough test of pre-season against FC Toulouse (Saturday, 7 p.m.), he wants to earn more playing time.

“I had to train alone for a while because I wasn’t fit when I arrived,” Nadir explained in a media round on Wednesday. But the situation has improved significantly in the meantime: “Now everything is okay. I don’t know exactly when I’ll be back at 100 percent, but I’ll get there.”

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Nadir makes it clear: “HSV comes first”

In the short term, Nadir is therefore focusing above all on being on the pitch regularly. In the long term, however, another goal is coming into focus. After playing for France’s youth national teams, the central midfielder opted for Morocco in 2023. In March 2025, he received his first call-up to the senior national team, but he is still waiting for his debut.

He has never given up hope that the day will come. After all, the 2030 World Cup will be held in his home country. “Of course, HSV comes first, that’s my team,” Nadir stresses. “I have to perform well here. Then we’ll see what happens with the national team.” And yet: “It is still my dream to play for Morocco.” The road there will lead through Hamburg. That is where Nadir now wants to prove himself step by step.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.