Selke praises link-up with Dompé: "Would have worked in the Bundesliga too" | OneFootball

Davie Selke played for both Werder Bremen and HSV. Before the Nordderby, he looked back once more on the promotion year and spoke about his departure.

In his professional career, the striker has already played for a total of seven clubs. Reflecting on his one-year stint in Hamburg, he emphasized once again in the Mopo interview: “It was the best year I have experienced in my professional career.” With 22 goals, Selke played a major role in the promotion and also secured the second division top scorer award. “These experiences, these feelings I had there, were so intense that they are hard to put into words. And this intensity of impressions will always remain,” explained the always fully committed 30-year-old.

Despite achieving all goals, the club and the player could not agree on an extension of the expiring contract. Selke, who has already played 238 Bundesliga matches, did not return to the top flight but instead joined Turkish first division club Basaksehir. He still follows HSV “very closely. I really watch every game and root for them.”

Selke is convinced HSV will stay up

In addition, the 1.95-meter-tall center forward still maintains close contact with the team and was quite impressed by the performances of his former teammates: “From my point of view, they have now fully arrived in the Bundesliga and could even have more points on the board. I think HSV has what it takes to secure a comfortable mid-table position and have nothing to do with relegation.”

The Hanseatic club would already be in a better position if they had scored more than just eleven goals in twelve matches. The attack has struggled in Selke’s absence. Both Ransford Königsdörffer and the long-overlooked Robert Glatzel have only one goal each. Yussuf Poulsen, who arrived as a beacon of hope, has mainly struggled with injuries.

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Even Selke, who got through last year unscathed, has already missed eight league matches due to injury. Nevertheless, he believes he could have continued to help HSV in the Bundesliga—especially thanks to the crosses from Jean-Luc Dompé: “The connection Jean-Luc and I had on the pitch was outstanding. I am firmly convinced that it would have worked in the Bundesliga as well.” To what extent he is right with his theory will remain unclear. What is clear, however, is that HSV will need a recipient for Dompé’s crosses in the coming months—ideally someone who performs like Selke did in the promotion year.

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