http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 despite Juventus interest – Bundesliga news
Hamburger SV have ruled out the possibility of the departure of winger Eljero Elia to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926. The youngster received interest from the Turin giants, Juventus, but the German outfit recently declined to sell the Dutchman.
The Old Lady have been under some trouble with their left wing position and listed Elia as the possible candidate to fill in that role. They also reportedly made a 7 million Euro bid for the 24-year-old, which was straight away turned down by the Red Shorts.
It is believed that Hamburg value the winger in the region of 14 million Euros.
Elia earlier himself expressed desire to stay in Germany and continue playing for the Red Shorts. He was also a part of Hamburg’s side which lost 3-1 to Borussia Dortmund in the opening game of this year’s campaign on Friday. The Dutch international was
in the starting XI but was replaced at the half time with Hamburg trailing by two goals to nil.
Manager http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-c25261 Oenning was pleased to retain the youngster at the club, citing him as a bright prospect for the future. The manager, at the same time, criticised the Turin giants for valuing the Dutchman at 7 million Euros. Oenning urged Elia to focus hard
on the club’s future assignments and confirmed him of his berth in the starting XI against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hertha-BSC-c39521 on Saturday.
In an interview to a website, the Club’s sporting director Frank Arnesen enthused, "We do not want to sell Eljero Elia and we have no need to sell him. He is a very important player for us. For well over a week in the Italian and now also in the German media,
there have been reports of interest from Juventus in Eljero Elia. And it's true: The Italian club have made an offer for the Holland international, which reached us on Tuesday evening."
Elia has 49 league games under his belt for Hamburg so far, striking seven goals in return. He made his http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753 debut in 2009 and has two goals to show from 22 caps until now.
Tags: