Hamburg says Netherlands' Elia to stay

Hamburg says Netherlands' Elia to stay

Published Aug. 13, 2010 9:15 a.m. ET

Hamburg coach Armin Veh says Netherlands forward Eljero Elia will stay with the club despite interest from rivals in Germany and Italy.

Hamburg said on Friday that Wolfsburg and Juventus had shown ''strong interest'' over recent days in Elia, who was part of the Netherlands squad that reached the World Cup final.

But Veh said ''Elia is staying with us. I'm not letting him go.''

Veh said Elia also had told him personally ''that he would like to stay at Hamburg.''

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