Mohamed Zidan travelledto Dortmund
to complete his exchange deal and join Jurgen Klopp's
new side. The Egyptian will be transferred to Dortmund
plus 4.5m EUROs in exchange of the striker Petric.
Finally, we can be optimistic about the new season.
Mido is back on form and scored, Zaki is guaranteed
a starting spot in every match for Wigan and with Zidan's
move to Dortmund, we can only expect much more play
time for Zizou.
The Egyptian never got enough playing time with former
coach Huub Stevens and his compatriot Martin Jol would
not give Zidan more chances either.
With Hamburg's interest in signing a new striker, particularly
Dortmund's striker Petric, Zidan finally found light
at the end of the dark tunnel as he will be re-united
again with his favorite coach Jurgen Klopp who is currently
at helm in Dortmund.
Klopp revealed that he is happy to sign Zidan. He also
revealed his astonishment as the Egyptian forward didn't
convince neither Jol nor Stevens with his abilities.
Klopp also was happy with the amount of cash that HSV
paid n addition to Zidan to sign Petric who scored 13
goals in 29 appearances for Dortmund last season.
Signing for Dortmund means that Zidan will join a very well
supported club in Germany. A team who won the Champions League
before. A side with great history despite the fact that Dortmund
at the time being can only dream of finishing in the top six.
In Dortmund, competition for the striker position will be
tough but not as tough as it was in Hamburg. This is mainly
because of Jurgen Klopp who knows how to get the best of Mohamed
Zidan.
It should be noted that Dortmund's attack contains former
teammate of Zidan at Werder Bremen, Nelson Valdez. The Swiss
international star Alexander Frei is also another key player
in attack.
The deal is expected to be completed today (Sunday) and if
everything went according to the plan, it will be no surprise
to see Zidan making his debut on Saturday against Bayern Munich,
the game that he missed as a Hamburger SV player.
