The 21- year-old forward from the low transhipment sites comes on loan from Portuguese giants Benfica in the Hanseatic city.
Hamburg - The HSV has committed the Dutch young striker Ola John . The 21 -year-old native Liberians comes initially on loan until the end of the season from the Portuguese giants Benfica and can be used both on the right and on the left defending. He is regarded as running strong technician and played ten years for the Dutch first division side FC Twente before joining for a fee of nine million euros to Portugal in the summer of 2012. For Twente attacker scored after eight years in the youth teams in 46 league games nine goals and prepared 16 matches ago , he also collected in Champions League and Europa League international experience. When John graduated from Benfica in its first year 24 league games and reached with his team in the finals of the Europa League , came this season under coach Jorge Jesus but only rarely.
Hamburg coach Bert van Marwijk knows John from his time as coach of the Netherlands and has closely followed its development closely . John was playing for the youth teams of the " Oranje " and debuted in February in the World Cup qualifier against Italy in the senior team . "I know Ola well and assume that we have the players quickly brings further ," van Marwijk pleased with his new signing . Also sporting director Oliver Kreuzer is satisfied that, after the serious injury of Maximilian Beister quickly a replacement was found: " . In the present situation it was imperative to act," John graduated this morning the mandatory medical check at the UKE and trained this afternoon already with the team at the Imtech Arena.
Nota: Noticia traduzida de Alemão para Inglês.