Central Baffo for HSV Training Training

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Z u At the beginning of the week, the HSV pros were able to take a quick breath. After the free Monday, begin the preparation phase at the beginning of the second division. Friday (20.30 hours) receives the relegated Holstein Kiel in the already sold with 57,000 spectators Volksparkstadion. And on the section of the house to the season opener HSV has probably found in the search for a new central defender. When coach Christian Titz will request the unit at 6 pm Tuesday morning, Joseph Baffo will be present.

The Swede without transfer with Ghanaian roots performed a medical check-up on Monday in UKE. Now the 25 year old has the chance to recommend himself as part of a test training. More recently, Baffo had been under contract with Eintracht Braunschweig. At the start of the pre-season, he counted in the first eleven games each at the starting lineup. On October 21, 2017, he ripped a tear from the cruciate ligament and fell for the rest of the season. In his homeland, he ran for Helsingborgs IF and Halmstads BK, rather, he moved in 2015 to Brunswick. For Lower Saxony are 53 appearances of second division to reserve, in which he scored three goals. His greatest sporting success was the title with Sweden at the Under-21 European Championship in the Czech Republic in 2015. After the serious injuries of Gideon Jung and Kyriakos Papadopoulos, both fell for months due to Knee cartilage lesions to improve the defense center. Apart from Rick van Drongelen and David Bates, there are only young Stephan Ambrosius and Jonas David as alternatives. The experienced baffo could therefore be a useful addition that integrates both sporty and economical in concept. Until now, the financially wet HSV has only paid for the transfer of Khaled Narey (1.7 million euros). All the others so far five new (Christoph Moritz, Manuel Wintzheimer, Jairo and Bates) have changed for free in the Volkspark.

While HSV needs to improve due to the extremely thin staff ceiling in the backcourt and can not afford any arrangements, the well-organized van Drongelen apparently joined FC Augsburg. But the Dutchman courted remains covered. When NDR 90.3, he told the rumors: "I do not know anything about it and focus right now only on the HSV.All that is happening is not a problem for me, but for my advisor. "

Meanwhile, Tim Walter goes with great confidence to the small Nordderby at HSV. "We can not wait to get in. The game itself and the circumstances motivate everyone – nothing better could happen to us because: No one expects anything from us – except for the first time. coach, "said Kiel's new coach, the" Flensburger Tageblatt ". Unlike hamburgers, which are among the favorites of the promotion, the successor of Markus Anfang is reserved for his own purposes. Despite the surprising third place of the pre-season and the climb just missed, you'd better slow it down. "We are trying to win a match every week." That should be the incentive for any pro, "said the 42-year-old." I hope we will develop a winning mindset, that we will advance the boys and that we will establish the club in the professional arena. "