Tuesday, 11th June, 2013
Hamburg sporting director Oliver Kreuzer is resigning himself to star striker Son Heung-Min making the leap to the greener pastures of Champions League football with Bayer Leverkusen.
South Korean Son has grown up from within the Hamburg youth set-up, with his senior debut coming in 2010.
He has since made 78 appearances for Hamburg, scoring 20 goals, and unsurprisingly attracted attention from top clubs around Europe, including Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea and Manchester United.
It has become a sign of the changing times therefore that while former sporting director Frank Arnesen was confident the club would hold on to their asset, Kreuzer believes otherwise.
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He told Sky Deutschland: "We think that the transfer will fall into place within the next few days. I assume that Son is heading to Leverkusen."
Son is under contract at Hamburg until 2014, with his tally for this season reading at an impressive 33 league games and 12 goals.
Kreuzer was appointed sporting director following Arnesen’s departure in late May, over the latter’s failure to lure reinforcements and dissatisfaction over his contract dealings, especially concerning Son.
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