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Westermann seals Hamburg switch

21 Jul 2010 - 14:41:59

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Schalke defender Heiko Westermann has completed his move to Bundesliga rivals Hamburg.

The Germany international has signed a long-term deal after completing his transfer in a deal believed to be around £6million and will fill the void left by Jerome Boateng, who joined Manchester City earlier in the summer.

With defenders Christoph Metzelder and Kyriakos Papadopoulos recently making their way to Gelsenkirchen, manager Felix Magath has reluctantly allowed Westermann to depart.

"We have plenty of cover in defence so this is an area where we can most easily compensate a loss," he said. "But it is also obvious that we will miss Heiko.

"He has a very good attitude, has always trained well and achieved a lot as captain of our team. If the financial situation had been better here, a transfer would never have been an issue.''