Trainer trio around Merlin Polzin extended contract prematurely

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HSV binds ascent coach Polzin in the long term

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Hamburger SV has extended the contract with head coach Merlin Polzin prematurely. As the Bundesliga club announced on Saturday morning, the cooperation with the assistant coaches Loic Fave and Richard Krohn will continue. Polzin’s Treaty, which had led the Hanseatic Last season back to the Bundesliga after seven years, originally expired in the summer of 2026.

The association did not provide any information about the new term. Sports board member Stefan Kuntz said: “We take this step out of conviction and our signal to the coaching team and the environment is clear: We want to give security and backing for the upcoming tasks.”

Polzin initially came to the HSV as an assistant for the 2020/21 season and took over the office of head coach in November 2024. “As is well known, the HSV is the club in my hometown. Since I arrived at HSV, I have been able to pride the diamond on my chest with great pride,” said Polzin.

He emphasized that the entire team of coaches was motivated to permanently establish the club in the Bundesliga. The HSV starts the new season on August 24th at Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Ex-soccer player Markus Babbel has promised Hamburger SV his support for relegation in the Bundesliga after promotion. “I keep my fingers crossed,” said Babbel. He particularly wish this sports director Stefan Kuntz.

The former international emphasizes the challenges for the promoted: “It will be difficult. You have to bite, scratch, you have to show everything that is allowed in football.” The HSV has sufficient potential. “I would be very grateful if you stayed in the Bundesliga,” added Babbel.

Babbel combines a special story with the Hamburg club. As a child, he was already HSV fan, but was not allowed to show this openly in his Bavarian homeland. “I was just never allowed to get out,” explains Babbel. In his homeland near Munich, one was either Bavaria or 1860 fan.

With his loan from FC Bayern to HSV in 1992, a personal wish fulfilled himself. “I was at the HSV for two years at my club,” Babbel recalls. “I just found him world class.”

With direct duels between his two former clubs – FC Bayern for which he played for 16 years, and HSV – Babbel sees a pleasant situation for himself: “No matter who wins, I’m happy.” The HSV starts the new Bundesliga season at Borussia Mönchengladbach on August 24th.