Things weren’t all bad for Pierre-Michel Lasogga at Hamburg before his loan to Leeds United. It all started off very well, with a loan, and Lasogga impressed so much that he was signed permanently on a bumper contract… something HSV now deeply regret.
Even as things were going wrong there was still the odd moment of brightness, a crucial goal, and Lasogga has done enough to leave something of a mark at Hamburg on the pitch as well as on the finances.
Back in May, with Hamburg traditionally fighting relegation, the club were playing Schalke and needed a hero, so the Leeds United loan striker stepped forward.
Not so long after, he was forced out of the club and sent to Leeds. But on that day in May Lasogga was a hero, and, ahead of HSV facing Schalke again, the goal is again in focus.
Bild have been speaking to HSV’s Kyriakos Papadopoulos, who is now at Hamburg but was previously a Schalke player. Asked about the last match, it’s the Leeds striker who sticks out.
With HSV desperately needing a point, they were trailing 1-0 when the 90 minutes was up, but “Then came Lasogga and got the ball over the line to equalise. I will never forget that.”
There’s a hero deep down in Lasogga, it’s a just a case of Leeds United getting it out of him often enough.
