Alexander Blessin has been appointed coach of promoted Bundesliga club St Pauli Hamburg, according to German and Belgian news reports. Dailies Hamburger Abendblatt and Het Nieuwsblad said that Blessin has signed a three-year contract at last season’s German second division champions in a move from Belgium’s Royal Union Saint-Gilloise. There has been no official confirmation from the clubs so far. Blessin, 51, would succeed Fabian Hürzeler who has joined Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion. His Saint-Galloise contract is until 2025, and the reports said that St Pauli will have to pay a t…