After dream Euros: HSV must rein in gung-ho Stange! | OneFootball

Otto Stange really put himself in the spotlight at the U19 European Championship. He now wants to carry that rich vein of form on at HSV.

With four goals and one assist, the HSV talent led the German side all the way to the final and even shared the tournament’s top scorer title with Spain’s José Luis Morante. Despite the defeat to the Iberians in the final, the 19-year-old returns to Hamburg as one of the tournament’s biggest winners.

That, however, presents HSV with a particular challenge. While the team is currently preparing for the new Bundesliga season, Stange is actually still on his well-earned vacation. The “problem”: the young striker apparently has little interest in putting his feet up for long. As coach Merlin Polzin revealed, the forward is already pushing for a quick return. “Otto contacted us and asked if he could start again next week,” the HSV coach was quoted as saying by the Hamburger Abendblatt.

So far, however, no decision has been made. Those in charge want to carefully manage the youngster’s workload and are currently weighing which approach makes the most sense. After all, Stange has just come through a long and intense season that reached its peak with the U19 Euros.

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Will Stange train under HSV supervision?

At the same time, the club’s decision-makers know their ambitious forward all too well. At Volkspark, the concern is less that Stange might do too little on vacation, and more the opposite. Even during a longer break, the Hamburg native is unlikely to fully switch off and will probably continue training individually instead.

That is exactly why an earlier return for Stange is apparently being considered. The advantage: HSV would have full control over the scope of his training and workload management. In addition, Polzin could at least somewhat ease his current shortage of strikers.

At the moment, the coach has only one natural center-forward available in Yussuf Poulsen. Until the planned new signings arrive, Stange would therefore provide an additional option. He would also get the chance to carry his Euros momentum straight into pre-season.

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