HSV News today: Tim Walter stays at Holstein Kiel – rejection to Wolfsburg

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Ex-HSV coach cancels VfL Wolfsburg

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After relegation from the 1st Bundesliga, VfL Wolfsburg is still looking for a new coach. Tim Walter, who led Holstein Kiel to stay in the 2nd Bundesliga last season, was also considered a possible candidate. According to media reports, the Lower Saxony team even made an offer to the former HSV coach.

Now the decision has been made: Walter stays with Holstein Kiel. The 50-year-old has extended his contract with the second division club and will continue to coach the Storks next season. This means that a possible move to Wolfsburg is off the table. Walter only took over Kiel at the end of February and led the club to twelfth place after being in danger of relegation.

After relegation from the 1st Bundesliga, VfL Wolfsburg is looking for a new coach. Dieter Hecking will work as managing director of the “Wolves” in the future. On the former trainer of the HSV Another with a Hamburg past could follow: The “Braunschweiger Zeitung” brings Tim Walter into play.

The 50-year-old recently saved Holstein Kiel from relegation to the 3rd league. His contract there ends after the season, the future is still open. Wolfsburg is said to have already made a concrete offer to Walter.

HSV has announced another departure: offensive player Bilal Yalcinkaya is moving to SC Verl. The 2023 U17 world champion was already said goodbye after the regional league team’s last game, and his new club is now official.

Yalcinkaya has a “special talent” and has “continuously developed,” said HSV sports director Claus Costa. The 20-year-old was close to the professional squad, but was slowed down by an injury. In 2025/26, Yalcinkaya missed more than 200 days with a broken foot. For the professionals, the home-grown “Rothosen” were only used in test matches.

Now the talent wants to make a new start with the ambitious third division team from East Westphalia. They are already looking forward to the new signing: “His potential is immense and we would like to bring that out in the coming season,” said Verl’s sports director Zlatko Janjic.

HSV fans are puzzling over a video that the club shared on its social media channels on Thursday morning. It shows a person wearing an HSV jacket and HSV scarf walking along the harbor. So what is HSV announcing with the video?