Worth over €200m: these former HSV stars make a dream XI | OneFootball

Heung-min Son, Hakan Çalhanoğlu and Jonathan Tah together in an HSV shirt? Quite a few fans would probably love nothing more than to gather all still-active former Rothosen in the Volkspark at once.

With a few more former Hamburg players added, the result is a team that looks very strong on paper. This does not only include players who featured for HSV’s first team. Former youth talents also make the cut, provided they went on to continue their careers at the highest level. The only things that matter are their HSV past and, of course, the quality they bring today.

Jakob Golz: There are only a few prominent options in goal. But the son of goalkeeping legend Richard Golz is one candidate who has now made more than 140 appearances in the 3. Liga and currently stands between the posts for promotion hopefuls Rot-Weiss Essen.

Josha Vagnoman: The 25-year-old Stuttgart player is coming off an outstanding start to the season, which was rewarded with a call-up to the German national team. For the third time already, the HSV academy product featured for Germany.

Luka Vuskovic: Even if he was only there for one year and on loan, no HSV fan is ever likely to forget his time at the club. The path to a world-class career seems mapped out and almost inevitable.

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Jonathan Tah: The Bayern star has already pulled off that feat. For several years now, the Hamburg-born defender has been one of the Bundesliga’s best centre-backs and a regular for the national team.

Douglas Santos: Brazil’s first-choice left-back also has an HSV past. At club level, the technically gifted left-footer has been playing for Zenit St. Petersburg for the past seven years.

A former HSV midfield with international class

Vitaly Janelt: The midfield enforcer is also getting his first taste of international football at the moment. At Brentford, the former HSV youth player is one of the team’s absolute key performers.

Hakan Çalhanoğlu: The Turk lost all fan sympathy when he forced through his move to Leverkusen in the summer of 2014. Even so, he later developed into a world-class player and is still under contract with Inter Milan.

Amadou Onana: His spell at HSV was short, but worthwhile. Signed on a free transfer in 2019, the Belgian was sold just a year later for a hefty seven million euros. Since then, another six million in bonuses has been added for the current Aston Villa star.

Heung-Min Son: After hugely successful years at Leverkusen and Tottenham, the winger is currently winding down his career in MLS. For Spurs, he racked up an impressive 198 goal contributions in the Premier League.

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Filip Kostic: Written off as a flop at HSV, the dynamic left winger played a key role in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 2022 Europa League triumph. After four years at Juventus, he moved to PSV Eindhoven this summer.

Michael Gregoritsch: In the imaginary duel with Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, who is five years older, the Austrian comes out on top. Only recently, he became Augsburg’s most prolific Bundesliga scorer of all time.

Altogether, this fictional HSV XI has a market value of a whopping €201 million — and that does not even include other former Hamburg players such as Karim Coulibaly (RC Strasbourg) or Christian Nørgaard (Everton FC).

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