Injured and keen to leave: Glatzel never again at Volksparkstadion? | OneFootball

Robert Glatzel will miss the upcoming home match against SC Freiburg due to a calf strain. It is even possible that the striker will never play again at the Volksparkstadion as an HSV player.

As Bild reports, Glatzel is still leaning toward a departure in the summer despite his important role in recent weeks. According to the report, his agents are already sounding out the market and are looking primarily abroad. As soon as a potential new club is found, Glatzel could approach the HSV management together with his representatives and express his desire to leave.

That such a scenario could happen had already been hinted at several times in recent months. From a sporting perspective, the 32-year-old played only a minor role for large parts of this season. In mid-March, he voiced his frustration loudly in an interview with Mopo and said, among other things: “I still have one year left on my contract. But it is also clear that I definitely do not want to go through a situation like the one I have had over the last nine months ever again.” In the subsequent Bundesliga match against Borussia Dortmund (2:3), Glatzel was not in the squad.

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But after the following international break, his situation had actually turned for the better. In four of the last five matches, Merlin Polzin named the former 2. Bundesliga top scorer in the starting lineup. Glatzel repaid the coach’s faith and made a strong case for himself with two goals and one assist.

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Even so, all signs point to a separation in the summer. The reason: next season, too, HSV are expected to rely primarily on transition football and accordingly on quick striker profiles. According to Bild, sporting director Claus Costa will search the transfer market for suitable candidates for this style of play. So if Glatzel really does want to leave, the Rothosen would likely not stand in the way of a deserving player.

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