Hamburg coach Bruno Labbadia is looking forward to working with U.S. international Bobby Wood.
Wood, 23, will join Bundesliga club Hamburg from second-tier side Union Berlin after this summer's Copa America Centenario in the United States. Following a standout season in the second league, the forward at the weekend signed the four-year deal.
"He still has a lot of potential to develop," he said. "He's a lad on the way up. His career, contrary to that of many others, wasn't always a straight climb upward.
He took a detour 18 months ago when joining [Erzgebirge] Aue on loan, he made a step back to make two steps ahead," Hamburg coach Bruno Labbadia told kicker about the U.