Timo Hildebrand wants to return to the Bundesliga after an unsuccessful spell at Sporting Lisbon.
Sporting goalkeeper desperate for return to Germany
Former Stuttgart and Germany goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand wants to return to the Bundesliga after an unsuccessful spell at Sporting Lisbon.
The 32-year-old moved to Portugal on a free transfer last summer after his contract with Hoffenheim was cancelled with one year remaining.
But Hildebrand, who won the Bundesliga with Stuttgart in 2007, is not a first-team regular with Sporting and hopes to find a new club in Germany when his deal expires at the end of the season.
He told Kicker: "Looking back at how things have progressed for me in my career, I have to admit I should never have left Stuttgart."
Hildebrand added: "I now have an opportunity to have a good future.
"I would like to be back in the Bundesliga and I believe I have got a chance to win myself a place in the league in the coming weeks."
