All change at HSV: TV pundit warns of cliques forming | OneFootball

The promoted team from the previous season has largely fallen apart. From the perspective of ex-coach Tobias Schweinsteiger, HSV is taking a huge risk.

Behind the Hamburger SV lies a summer of changes: nine new signings have already arrived at the Volkspark, while numerous key players like Ludovit Reis, Davie Selke, or Adam Karabec have left the club. Tobias Schweinsteiger sees both opportunities and dangers in the current situation. The former HSV co-coach and current DAZN expert looks at the new team with mixed feelings.

Because even long-time regulars like Robert Glatzel or Jonas Meffert must fight for their places more than ever. For Schweinsteiger, who was a guest on the HSV podcast from the Hamburger Abendblatt, this is a sensitive topic: "If others play, then they must be so good that the promotion heroes recognize it. If the new signings fail multiple times and others think they are better, then it can become dangerous."

The 43-year-old warns particularly of tensions in the dressing room. "It also depends on whether there will be a formation of cliques," says Schweinsteiger. "In recent years, something has grown at HSV, it was a well-functioning group." Now it must be possible to transfer this spirit to the newly assembled team.

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Schweinsteiger: HSV "needs adjustments"

Coach Merlin Polzin and sports director Stefan Kuntz have deliberately driven many changes with a view to the new requirements. Schweinsteiger understands the necessity: "You need adjustments after promotion, because the level of the Bundesliga is significantly higher than that of the 2nd league."

The preparation with five defeats and a shaky performance in the DFB Cup had indicated how difficult the start could be. But it's still much too early for an alarmist mood. "A coach," analyzes Schweinsteiger, "can get more out of a good team that has less quality than out of a team that has significantly more quality but is not a team."

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