5:30pm Thursday 2nd September 2010
By Frank Smith
German side Hamburg have this week confirmed Watford tried to sign winger Anis Ben-Hatira on loan but described the proposed move as “nonsense”.
Hamburg general manager Bastian Reinhardt revealed both the club and the 22-year-old winger, who had a trial period with West Ham United in the summer, rejected the move.
A translation of what Reinhardt told the club’s website read: "In recent days he was off to England to have a trial period with Watford and they were trying to land him on a six-month loan deal, without knowing him as a player.
"This looked nonsense to him and to our club. This is why he is staying on."
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