Israeli international Daniel Peretz will remain in the German Bundesliga as he has moved to Hamburger SV from Bayern Munich on a season-long loan for the 2025/26 campaign in order to shore up the newly promoted club’s goalkeeping unit. The 25-year old shot stopper made seven appearances for the German champions last season after having brought him to Munich from Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2023.

Peretz has played for the blue-and-white at all youth levels as well as having played in seven games for the senior national team, will want to prove that he can take the number one role from Daniel Heuer Fernandes.

“Daniel is a complete goalkeeper who defends his box with courage and who has an excellent mentality,” noted director of football Claus Costa, highlighting the 1.90m Peretz’s strengths. “Our talks with him were pleasant and productive from the outset. After signing him, we have exceptional depth in the goalkeeper position and are hoping that the lads will push one another to be on their A-game.”

Peretz had considerable interest from several teams, with PSV Eindhoven and Genoa also reportedly keeping an eye on him, but at the end of the day Hamburger was the team that he felt most comfortable with.

After completing his medical at UKE Athleticum and signing his contract at the Volksparkstadion, Peretz made his way towards the dressing rooms to introduce himself to his new teammates and take part in his first training session under goalkeeper coach Sven Höh.

“For me, there’s no time to lose. I can hardly wait to get started and get involved in my first team training session tomorrow,” explained Peretz who will wear the number 26 shirt for the Rothosen. “I’m really honored that I have the chance to be part of this massive club. Our main goal is clear – we want to stay up. I want to play my part as an absolute team player and make the fans happy.”

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When Hamburger, was relegated from the Bundesliga at the end of the 2017/18 season, there was a massive amount of disappointment. That was not only because it is a team with a glorious past that includes six championships and winning the European Cup in 1983 but because up until then they had been the only team to have participated in every Bundesliga season since the league’s founding in 1963, which earned it the well-deserved nickname “Die Rothosen, The Red Shorts.

Since then, Hamburger has remained in the second division for seven seasons, which have included two losses in the promotion/relegation play-offs while four times they finished in fourth place, just inches away from promotion. During this time, Hamburger saw their very modest city rival St. Pauli move to the top division while they languished in the lower league.

In the 2024–25 season, Hamburger finally achieved their goal, as they were promoted to the Bundesliga thanks to a 6–1 win over Ulm which sealed the deal with a match to spare. Even though they were promoted, they did not win the title, finishing runners-up as they lost 3-2 away against Greuther Furth while Koln beat Kaiserslauten 4-0, clinching both the title and promotion for them.

Hamburger’s hero is undoubtedly Head Coach Merlin Polzin as the 34-year native of the city and a third-generation fan, seamlessly integrated into the role after having been an assistant for more than a decade. Thanks to his style, the club scored 76 goals which was the highest in the league as striker Davie Selke (who has since left to Basaksehir) had a record season with 22 goals, winger Jean-Luc Dompé assisted on 12 goals and scored 9 while Ransford Königsdorffer scored 14 markers.

Peretz, who moved from Bayern Munich on a one-season loan without an option to buy, will battle it out for the first-choice goalkeeper position against Daniel Heuer Fernandes, who saved a penalty in the promotion match and is considered a fan favorite. The Israeli’s height at 1.95 meters gives him an advantage over Fernandes who is just 1.88 meters as there are many difficult aerial battles in the Bundesliga. However, Fernandes has had to fight for a place in the lineup since 2019 and is still playing for the club after more than half a decade.

If Peretz should start in goal this season, it will no doubt be a tough role to fill as a newly promoted club after having conceded 44 goals last year which was six more than first place Koln and seven more than third place SV Elversberg, which finished third. In Bundesliga games, which is traditionally the league with the most goals per game, Hamburger is expected to let in quite a few goals but that also means Peretz will have plenty of opportunities to make some big saves.

Having had the opportunity to learn from one of the game’s greatest keepers in Manuel Neuer at Bayern Munich, Peretz no doubt will be able to implement many of the lessons he learned over that time to help him with his new team as he enters a new and exciting chapter and challenge with Hamburger in his young career.