“Luckily, I had spare clothes” – Møller Wolfe on transfer chaos | OneFootball

David Møller Wolfe only joined HSV on deadline day. He has now explained how the deal came together at very short notice.

As late as August 31, the left-back was still part of the squad of Wolverhampton Wanderers, who had been relegated from the Premier League. The team was traveling to its away match at West Ham United, which was due to take place the following day. During the train journey, Møller Wolfe, who was still hoping for a move, received a call from his agent Stig Lillejord. “The connection was bad, so I could barely understand what he was saying,” he said in an interview with Mopo.

Accordingly, the 24-year-old called him back after arriving in London, whereupon Lillejord told him: “You’re flying to Hamburg in two hours. So get yourself to the airport!” Møller Wolfe immediately said goodbye to his team and headed for the Hanseatic city: “I was still wearing a Wolverhampton outfit, but luckily I had a change of clothes with me. I changed before the flight. It was pretty stressful.”

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Møller Wolfe: Talks with Polzin and Costa were “so tempting”

In the end, the 27-cap Norway international, who also played as a regular at the World Cup, landed in Hamburg shortly after 11 p.m., completed his medical the following day, and signed his contract. In addition to the one-year loan, the deal also included an option to buy.

So a longer-term spell at the club is on the table. Head coach Merlin Polzin and sporting director Claus Costa therefore put a great deal of effort into getting the transfer over the line. “They prepared presentations about me and explained how they see me and what role I’m supposed to play in their plans. It was so tempting that I really wanted to play here. I’m very happy it worked out,” Møller Wolfe said enthusiastically.

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He was given a vote of confidence by the coaching staff, was named in the starting lineup for the home game against Mainz (0:5) after only a few training sessions, and also displaced the in-form youngster Louis Lemke. Møller Wolfe delivered a committed performance over 84 minutes, but could not prevent the debacle. Even so, he still took positives from it: “I’ve never experienced a stadium supporting a team like that, even when things aren’t going the way everyone hoped.”

Møller Wolfe, who had mostly experienced a bleak atmosphere during the Wolves’ meek relegation, added: “That’s something I’ll take with me as a great experience. I’m looking forward to finding out how loud it gets when we play better.” Ideally, he could get a taste of that as early as Leipzig. A large number of traveling HSV fans would certainly react very positively to a significant improvement in their team’s performance.

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