Van Nistelrooy dismay at collapse of Real move

The Dutch striker had seemed set for a move to the Spanish capital to ease the Spaniard’s striking problems, but the player’s agent has now ruled out any chance of him extending his contract at the German side.

Rodger Linse told the Hamburger Morgenpost “He cannot understand it (why Hamburg did not let him go) and he has got a problem with it. It is very, very painful.

“It is sad because Hamburg have no idea what they are doing to Ruud with this decision.”