Hamburg are ready to sell Guy Demel.
The former Arsenal defender has been linked with Sunderland and Newcastle United.
New Hamburg football chief Frank Arnesen told the club's official website: "Guy Demel is under contract with Hamburger SV for six years overall. He deserves to be fully respected.
"This is what I am doing, I respect his wish to come out for another club and learn living at a new club as well. He told me that in a personal talk. Still we are unable to let him leave on a Bosman as he would like to."