Daniel Heuer Fernandes opens up on his Hamburg future | OneFootball

Hamburg goalkeeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes has opened up to Sport Bild about his future, with his current contract due to expire next summer.

When asked whether he still sees his future at the club he has called home for the past six years, Heuer Fernandes said: “Of course I can imagine my future in Hamburg. I’m glad to be here, that’s why HSV is always an obvious option for me.”

It wasn’t a given that the German-Portuguese dual national would start the season as Merlin Polzin’s number one, despite wearing the shirt to match. With Hamburg having signed Daniel Peretz on loan from Bayern Munich, Heuer Fernandes had to fend off competition from the Israeli to keep the position he has held for the past six seasons.

Speaking about his and HSV’s good start to the season, he remained modest: “We’ve only completed the sixth matchday and still have a long way to go to achieve our goal – that’s my focus at the moment.”

He remains calm about his contract situation: “I don’t see the topic of contract extension as priority number one at the moment, especially since it has not yet been discussed with those responsible.”

Heuer Fernandes is clearly proud of his HSV career thus far. He is the second-highest appearance maker in the Hamburg squad, behind Bakary Jatta: “I’m proud of it. That’s not always easy and every day in such a special position as goalkeeper,” he said. “The last goalkeeper to be number 1 for HSV for so long in recent decades was Richard Golz. It’s something extraordinary when my name is mentioned afterwards.”

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