In the list of forward mistakes with no future: What’s next for Hinterseer and 96?
Coaches have to make a decision at some point. Sometimes the realization comes late, often too late, when a goalscorer does not fulfill his core task. At Hannover 96 there were many misunderstandings in this direction. Hugo Almeida was one of them, as was Adam Szalai, who was goalless in Hanover, and later Mevlut Erdinc, Bobby Wood, Jonathas and Patrick Twumasi. The list is long. Now Lukas Hinterseer landed on the list of storms without a future. It looks like the logical next step: separation.
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For the second time, Lukas Hinterseer, who was brought in as the number one striker, was not part of the squad in Aue. 96 won 3-1, coach Christoph Dabrowski also had no reason to bring Hinterseer back. “I was pleased that we scored three goals and that there was a striker goal,” said Dabrowski. Hendrik Weydandt scored the goal. Hinterseer hadn’t traveled to the Ore Mountains at all.
The separation shouldn’t be easy. Hinterseer’s contract runs until 2023, he earns almost 500,000 euros per season. It is quite possible that 96 will save the salary. But a transfer fee is not to be thought of with his quota. It is part of the mystery why Hinterseer, with a CV of 50 goals in the 2nd Bundesliga, was able to smear at Hannover 96 in such a way.
Maximilian Beier, Hendrik Weydandt, Cedric Teuchert and Moussa Doumbouya are ahead of the Austrian in the internal ranking. Hinterseer hasn’t scored in 15 games, so his odds are worse than Mevlut Erdinc’s on his short visit to Hanover (13 games, no goal).
Positive examples Harnik and filling jug
Erdinc came to Hanover in 2015 for 3.5 million euros. The deal remained an expensive misunderstanding. Manager Dirk Dufner had originally brought Erdinc as the number two striker, with coach Michael Frontzeck he was part of the regular team. A misjudgment that led 96 into relegation in connection with the successor coach Thomas Schaaf and the other striker flops Almeida and Szalai.
With the top commitments Niclas Füllkrug and Martin Harnik under manager Martin Bader, 96 rose, in the season after that came a 10 million euro package with Jonathas. In the first half of the 2017/18 season, Jonathas also scored occasionally when he wasn’t injured. But as of 2018, nothing worked anymore. Jonathas couldn’t get back on his feet, and he still played, losing 96. Added to this was the interlude of Bobby Wood, on loan from HSV, who only scored three goals in 22 games.
Hannover 96’s schedule for the 2021/22 season in the 2. Bundesliga
The game plan of Hannover 96 in the second division season 2021/22 in the gallery – from the 1st to the 34th matchday.
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It goes on in much the same way, with one exception. Under sports director Jan Schlaudraff, 96 brought Marvin Ducksch for 1.8 million euros. Not a guy with simpler body language. But overall a great win for 96-34 goals in 70 games. Werder later paid 3.5 million euros for Ducksch – the deal was worth it. Except that his successor, Hinterseer, continued where Ducksch’s predecessor left off.
How might things continue with Hinterseer? There are signs of a development similar to that at Hamburger SV. The striker was passed further and further back through the additions of Joel Pohjanpalo, Harnik and Simon Terodde – until he moved to South Korea in January 2021. The Hamburgers are said to have received 300,000 euros for Hinterseer. 96 shouldn’t expect that.