• 27-year-old went on loan in July last year
• ‘I know the coach, I love the club, I love the city’, he said

Switzerland defender Johan Djourou would be open to a permanent move from Arsenal to Hamburg in the summer.

The 27-year-old who first moved to the Bundesliga side on loan in July 2013, after a successful spell with Hannover in the second half of last season.

Djourou, who came through the Arsenal youth system, would be keen to stay on at Hamburg.

“I know the coach, I love the club, I love the city. HSV (Hamburg) is incredible,” Djourou said in German newspaper Bild. “The club has so much potential. We have to go way up. The fans are great. The mood is different than in England. If all goes well and the club also want to, I would stay.”

• Arsenal
• Bundesliga
• Hamburg
• European club football

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