HSV transfer rumours: Top clubs are chasing Balde – are Boldt & Co losing talent?

Created: 04/26/2022, 16:35

By: Jan Knötzsch

Good talent is few and far between.

And much sought after.

A HSV transfer rumor arose from exactly these two facts.

It's about talent Saido Balde.

Hamburg – Players that a club has a high opinion of are usually tied for the long term.

If the club was smart enough.

And they are coveted by the competition.

Most wanted.

So much so that there are always transfer rumors about those kickers.

This is also the case at Hamburger SV.

And this time – fortunately – even both: After the club from the Volksparkstadion lost talent Faride Alidou to Eintracht Frankfurt due to the lack of a long-term HSV contract, there is now a HSV transfer rumor about the next mega talent from the ranks of the club from Hamburg – but HSV thought along.

The latest HSV transfer rumor really has it all.

Not just any clubs from the second division or the lower to middle third of the first division are interested.

No, unlike the HSV transfer rumor about the future of Robert Glatzel, for example, this time it's about top European clubs vying for HSV talent Saido Balde.

HSV transfer rumours: top talent Saido Balde is already playing in HSV's B youth – although he is much younger

Saido who?

Never heard?

Yes, that could actually be the case.

Because if you don't deal intensively with the youngsters of the second division club from the Hanseatic City of Hamburg, you won't be able to do anything with the name Saido Balde, or at least not much.

So first of all, "Butter with the fish", as they say in Hamburg: Saido Balde, the youngster who is the subject of the latest HSV transfer rumor, is just 13 years old and still felt by the squad of HSV coach Tim Walter as far away as Munich from Hamburg.

At least that's what you might think as an inclined observer - but that's only the case at first glance.

The competition has their eye on a super talent from HSV – can Jonas Boldt and the club from the Volksparkstadion resist the digging for the youngster?

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Because Saido Balde is said to have as much talent as Youssoufa Moukoko.

The former top talent at FC St. Pauli, who now plays for Borussia Dortmund and has been rumored to be returning to FC St. Pauli.

The following fact about the young kicker, who has become the latest HSV transfer rumour, shows how good Balde is, as reported by the Bild newspaper: Despite being just 13 years old, Balde, who comes from Guinea-Bissau and has a Portuguese passport, plays already in the B youth of the HSV - with players who are two to three years older than him.

There, the 1.79 meter tall talent Saido Balde is so convincing that not only top clubs, but also outfitters and consultants are queuing up for him.

HSV transfer rumours: Not only clubs are hot for Saido Balde - consultants and suppliers are also courting him

At least that's what the Bild newspaper reports, according to which more than a dozen player consultants have already contacted the parents of HSV top talent Saido Balde before there were any current HSV transfer rumors about the youngster.

The agents are said to be offering five-digit sums in order to be able to look after and advise the HSV talent.

Supplier Adidas is also hot on HSV transfer rumor Saido Balde – and as far as the clubs that are digging Balde are concerned, the list reads extremely well: Paris St. Germain, Benfica Lisbon and Borussia Dortmund are interested.

Dortmund was already on Sadio Balde's turn in 2021.

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At that time he was able to assert HSV and keep Saido Balde.

The 13-year-old, who plays on the right flank and can be used both defensively and offensively, has signed a contract with HSV until 2024 and is considered HSV's future.

His strengths lie in his speed and shooting power, according to statistics, HSV transfer rumor Sadio Balde has already scored four goals and three assists in nine games in the B-Bundesliga (as of April 26, 2022).

No wonder the top clubs want him.

It looks as if not only HSV junior boss Horst Hrubesch but also sports director Jonas Boldt will have to deal more intensively with Saido Balde's career in the future...