Hamburg sign third Chelsea talent

Bundesliga side Hamburger SV yesterday signed Turkish junior international Goekhan Toere, who is now the third youth or reserve team player from English Premier League giants FC Chelsea London under contract. Earlier the North Germans had signed English U-21 international Michael Mancienne and Italian junior international Jacopo Sala.

The 19 year old Toere is Cologne born and had joined Chelsea only in January 2009 from Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Toere is an attacking midfielder and has been given a contract until 2014. Toere is looking forward to be back in Germany after the 30 months in London with his aim to establish himself in the Bundesliga.

New Director of Sports at HSV Frank Arnesen is said to be in talks with further players at his former club FC Chelsea. Dutch international Jeffrey Bruma is said to be the top candidate whom Arnesen would like to tempt to come to Hamburg, while other names like English teenager Joshua McEachran, French midfielder Gaël Kakuta and Italian Fabio Borini had been linked earlier to a move to Hamburg.

Hamburg under new Director of Sports Arnesen and young coach Michael Oenning are banking on young, talent players as Hamburg are cutting down on their wage bill which had grown over the last few years as the club pushed for UEFA Champions League and Europa League spots, but they haven't been able to ensure regular European competitions.

Already people in Hamburg are questioning Arnesen's signings. The people knew Arnesen would bring players from Chelsea, but they would have hoped for bigger names and not players to develop.