Hamburger willing to let unneeded Gotoku Sakai and Tatsuya Ito go for free

Second division side Hamburger SV are willing to let five players – Gotoku Sakai and Tatsuya Ito included – leave this summer for almost nothing, local newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt reported.

In addition to Sakai and Ito, defender David Bates, goalkeeper Julian Pollersbeck and midfielder Vasilije Janjicic are no longer part of manager Dieter Hecking’s plan, and the club is aiming to release them.

However, it is understood that there have been no takers for the five. Also, some of them are sheltered by good contracts and thus are not keen to move. According to Hamburger officials, so long as there are interested clubs, they are willing to offload them for as good as free.

Sakai is in the final year of his contract, while Ito’s runs until 2021.

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