Hamburg  - Bundesliga leaders SV Hamburg are to test Polish striker Ebi Smolarek who is without a club after a loan spell at Premier League side Bolton Wanderers.

The club said on its website Smolarek would arrive on Tuesday and spend several days training with the squad.

Hamburg are searching for a striker after the loss of Paolo Guerrero, who will be sidelined for several months with a cruciate ligament tear.

Coach Bruno Labbadia is down to two strikers in Croatian Mladen Petric and Swede Marcus Berg, plus two 19-year-old reserves.

Smolarek, 28, was under contract at Spanish side Racing Santander where he was then loaned to Bolton Wanderers.

He is now without a club and has been keeping himself fit at his home in the Netherlands.

The three-time Polish football of the year has scored 19 goals in 43 games for Poland. He scored 25 goals in 81 games during a spell for Borussia Dortmund from January 2005 to July 2007.  dpa