S. Korean striker Son 'poised to quit Hamburg'

BERLIN (AFP) –

Hamburg’s Son Heung-Min celebrates during the Bundesliga match against Borussia Dortmund in Dortmund, on February 9, 2013. The South Korean striker looks set to quit Hamburg at the end of the season, amidst reports he has been targeted by Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund.

South Korea striker Son Heung-Min looks set to quit Bundesliga side Hamburg at the end of the season, amidst reports he has been targeted by Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund.

“I can certainly imagine that BVB find him to be a good player, but I can’t confirm whether there are negotiations,” Son’s advisor Thies Bliemeister told SID, an AFP subsidiary.

German daily Bild report Dortmund are interested in signing Son, especially after he scored twice in February’s 4-1 rout of the then defending league champions at their Signal Iduna Park.

The 20-year-old has a contract until 2014 but has stalled over extending his deal and Hamburg’s director of sport Frank Arnesen and CEO Carl Jarchow said they would sell him at the end of the season if he doesn’t put pen to paper.

Having scored 11 goals in 31 league games, Son, who has made 14 appearances for South Korea, has helped put Hamburg on the brink of a Europa League place, despite an erratic season from Thorsten Fink’s team.

Hamburg are seventh in the Bundesliga, with teams finishing fifth and sixth qualifying for the Europa League, and they are three points from a top six finish with two games left.