Showreel: Zé Roberto (HSV)

By: Jan | October 22nd, 2009

Mark van Bommel signed a one year extension on his Bayern Munich contract last season. He had asked for two years. Bayern answered by referring to a club policy of giving players over 30 only one year extensions. At that time Martin Jol came sniffing around and rumors emerged that Hamburg might be willing to give van Bommel that extra season. Hamburg were out of luck in this case, but would soon be handed a second chance to get their hands on an even better player. Zé Roberto wasn’t willing to retire just yet and he wasn’t willing to let Bayern talk him into that one year extension, when he felt he had at least two more good seasons in him. Hamburg probably didn’t need this video, chronicling Zé Roberto’s extensive body of work for Bayern last season, to make their minds up. Maybe Bayern fans need it to reminisce.