Mahdavikia to go, Sorin and de Jong to stay

DPA - German media reported on Wednesday that Bundesliga club SV Hamburg was to release Iranian international Mehdi Mahdavikia, whose contract with the club is expiring at the end of the season.

However, Argentine international Juan Pablo Sorin and Dutch international Nigel de Jong are to stay. The report said that coach Huub Stevens and official Dietmar Beiersdorfer had agreed to release Mahdavikia.

"Those are all speculations. There have been no decisions taken," the club's press officer Joern Wolf, however, said.

The club is also set to release Raphael Wicky, Besart Berisha and reserve goalkeeper Sascha Kirschstein, who have contracts that extend beyond the season.

Also leaving are Stefan Waechter and Rene Klingbeil whose contract are up at the end of the season.