BERLIN: Bundesliga clubs Hamburg and Borussia Dortmund announced Sunday they were exchanging their respective strikers Mohamed Zidan and Mladen Petric.

I m really delighted to be able to play for Hamburg now, said Croatian international Petric.

Egypt s Zidan, 26, added: Of course it s a bit of a pity that I m leaving Hamburg and the club but I think it s a good decision for me. I need to play and to continue to develop.

Petric will be officially presented when he returns from Maribor where Croatia play Slovenia on Thursday. -AFP