It’s hard to call Bobby Wood’s last two seasons in Germany anything other than an unmitigated success. After struggling for years to break through in Germany’s lower leagues, his monster 2015/16 season with Union Berlin landed him a move to Hamburg, the only team in the Bundesliga to stay in the top flight continuously since its inaugural season in 1963. And, despite Hamburg’s early season struggles, he has still managed to prove himself a top flight striker with 9 goals across all competitions, HSV’s leading mark (in addition to being tied for the team lead in league goals). It makes sense that Hamburg wants to keep him, even as bigger clubs eye him as a great value for the summer transfer window.
Bobby Wood and Hamburg in contract talks
