{"id":285753,"date":"2011-03-01T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T15:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/01\/west-ham-midfielder-thomas-hitzlsperger-admits-he-would-have-preferred-to-have-stayed-at-stuttgart\/"},"modified":"2011-03-01T15:49:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T15:49:00","slug":"west-ham-midfielder-thomas-hitzlsperger-admits-he-would-have-preferred-to-have-stayed-at-stuttgart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/01\/west-ham-midfielder-thomas-hitzlsperger-admits-he-would-have-preferred-to-have-stayed-at-stuttgart\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger admits he would have preferred to have stayed at Stuttgart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Clark Whitney<\/h3>\n<h4>1 Mar 2011 15:49:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"58.9626205788\">\n<div readability=\"13.76\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thomas Hitzlsperger of West Ham(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/09c9979b106153_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thomas Hitzlsperger of West Ham(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"20.4563758389\"><\/p>\n<p>        Following a six-month injury lay-off, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/germany\/1185\/thomas-hitzlsperger\">Thomas Hitzlsperger<\/a> has enjoyed an impressive start to his career at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/374\/west-ham\">West Ham<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking to German publication <em>11 Freunde<\/em>, however, he revealed that he would have preferred to remain at his former club Stuttgart.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old was a key figure at the club between  2005 and 2009, but fell out of favour at the Bundesliga side and moved to  Lazio in January 2010. There he struggled to make an impact, and in June  he was transferred to West Ham.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether it was a mistake for Stuttgart to let him go, the midfielder replied: &#8220;I&#8217;m not the one to answer that. I would have preferred to remain longer at VfB. But that did not only depend on me, so then came the separation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After a long injury absence initially prevented his participation, Hitzlsperger scored a stunning goal against Burnley and recorded an assist in Sunday&#8217;s 3-1 win over Liverpool in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/09c9979b106153_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/01\/2374569\/west-ham-midfielder-thomas-hitzlsperger-admits-he-would-have\" title=\"West Ham midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger admits he would have preferred to have stayed at Stuttgart\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Ham midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger admits he would have preferred to have stayed at Stuttgart<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Clark Whitney 1 Mar 2011 15:49:00 Thomas Hitzlsperger of West Ham(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Following a six-month injury lay-off, Thomas Hitzlsperger has enjoyed an impressive start to his career at West Ham . Speaking to German publication 11 Freunde , however, he revealed that he would have preferred to remain at his former club Stuttgart. The 28-year-old was a key figure at the club between 2005 and 2009, but fell out of favour at the Bundesliga side and moved to Lazio in January 2010. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>West Ham midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger admits he would have preferred to have stayed at Stuttgart - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/01\/west-ham-midfielder-thomas-hitzlsperger-admits-he-would-have-preferred-to-have-stayed-at-stuttgart\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"West Ham midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger admits he would have preferred to have stayed at Stuttgart - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Clark Whitney 1 Mar 2011 15:49:00 Thomas Hitzlsperger of West Ham(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Following a six-month injury lay-off, Thomas Hitzlsperger has enjoyed an impressive start to his career at West Ham . 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