Bundesliga: Pierre-Michel Lasogga happy to have Lewis Holtby at Hamburg

Hamburg striker Pierre-Michel Lasogga has said that he is happy to have Lewis Holtby in the team.

The Germany international joined the Bundesliga club on a season-long loan deal from Tottenham Hotspur on transfer deadline day

The 24-year-old attacking midfielder joined Spurs from Schalke in January 2013 but has struggled to establish himself as a first-team regular for the Premier League outfit.

Lasogga, though, is happy to have his German compatriot in the Hamburg team and admits that it will take time to get positive results under new coach Josef Zinnbauer.

“It’s great to have Lewis Holtby around,” he told BILD. “We are going to make things happen with players like Lewis. There has not been much time to work under the new manager, but we will progress.

“You cannot forget that it’s different to work under every new manager. Josef Zinnbauer is already the fifth manager since I joined Hamburg last season.”