Hamburg have moved to trump West Ham United for Barcelona midfielder Alen Halilovic.
New Barca football chief Robert Fernandez has confirmed Halilovic is available for loan this month.
West Ham were favourites to land the youngster, where manager Slaven Bilic handed Halilovic his Croatia debut.
However, Hamburg have come forward to open talks with Barca about a deal for the youngster.
HSV have noted the rumours on their official Twitter account:
Zumindest Interesse ist nicht von der Hand zu weisen ;)
https://t.co/FnoL6F7bue
— Hamburger SV (@HSV) August 8, 2015