HSV exit after 5 years sealed: Glatzel signs for Wolfsburg! | OneFootball

He is one of the biggest HSV icons in the club’s recent history: in the future, however, Robert Glatzel will be hunting for goals for VfL Wolfsburg.

The 32-year-old announced this late on Tuesday afternoon in a video message addressed to HSV fans. Wolfsburg then made the transfer official just a few minutes later. According to media reports, Glatzel is signing a two-year contract in the Autostadt through 2028. HSV will reportedly receive a transfer fee of 1.5 million euros.

It had already become apparent in recent months that Glatzel would be leaving the Rothosen. After promotion to the Bundesliga, the tall striker steadily lost importance. Head coach Merlin Polzin shifted the team’s approach from possession-based football to transition play and mostly relied on faster, more explosive player types such as Ransford Königsdörffer and Damion Downs.

Glatzel, on the other hand, only became important again in the closing stages of the season. There, he made his mark on several occasions and thus played his part in HSV’s comfortable survival. Overall, he recorded an impressive 84 goals and 22 assists in 150 competitive appearances for the Hanseatic club.

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After 5 years at HSV: Glatzel finds a new challenge

VfL Wolfsburg now want to benefit from that goal threat. Following the first Bundesliga relegation in the club’s history, the Wolves are currently working flat out to make this mishap fade from memory as quickly as possible. To that end, they have signed two of the most reliable 2. Bundesliga goalscorers of recent years in Fraser Hornby (SV Darmstadt 98) and Fabian Reese (Hertha BSC), among others. Glatzel now gives new head coach Tobias Strobl another option in attack.

“We are very pleased that we were able to convince Robert of our path and win him over for us. With his physicality and eye for goal, which he has proven not only in the 2. Bundesliga, he will significantly enrich our attacking play. On top of that, his experience on and off the pitch will help us enormously,” said Wolfsburg sporting director Pirmin Schwegler.

For his part, Glatzel said he had felt “a great deal of trust” in the talks with the club’s management. “I’m absolutely thrilled to wear the VfL shirt and can hardly wait to get started and be out on the pitch with my new teammates.”

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