HSV keen on Rafinha

(GSM) – Schalke 04 full-back Rafinha has attracted interest yet again and is at the focus of transfer speculation for the second summer running.

However, Hamburger SV have been linked to the Brazilian defender, who had spent most of last summer expressing his desire to join Bayern München.

But Schalke 04 boss Felix Magath blocked the move and sent him home to Brazil to clear his mind.

However, given the financial difficulties the Royal Blues are currently experiencing, a transfer this summer may not be out of the question and the player’s agent has already set the wheels in motion by claiming HSV would be an “great place” for his client.

“It is right, HSV have made an enquiry,” he told the Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper.

“Of course HSV would be a great place for Rafinha to play – they are a club any footballer in the Bundesliga would like to join.”

Rafinha is due back in Germany from his summer holidays on Wednesday when a meeting with Magath is likely to be high up on the agenda.