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Blau-Weiss Linz and Salzburg agreed to loan midfielder Raphael Hofer. The 20-year-old was trained at the Salzburg Academy from 2017 and played 38 times for second division side Liefering. In April, the native of Upper Austria had extended his contract with Salzburg until 2026, now the two-time U21 team player, who started playing football at Mauerkirchen, is supposed to gain match practice with the promoted team.
“We are very pleased that we were able to find a great solution for Raphael together with Salzburg. We are convinced that not only Raphael but also we will benefit from this one-year loan,” said sporting director Christoph Schößwendter. “It is a recognition for us that Salzburg have given us the confidence to help develop a player as talented as Raphael.”
Hofer also thanked Salzburg for the chance to prove themselves in the Bundesliga. “I’m really looking forward to this chapter, to the new stadium and can’t wait to play in front of these amazing fans.”
Bundesliga transfers
- FC Salzburg
Additions: Schlager (LASK), Piatkowski (Pol, Gent, after a loan), Simic (Cro, FC Zurich, after a loan), Ratkov (Srb, Backa Topola), Diambou (Mli, Lucerne, after a loan), Nene (Mli, Westerlo, on loan), Mantl (D, Aalborg, on loan), Morgalla (D, 1860 Munich), Mendes (Bra, Bragantino), Mellberg (Swe, Bromma), Ludewig (D, Aalborg, on loan), Sangare (Mli, Hartberg, after loan), Owusu (Gha, Vienna, after loan)
Departures: Seiwald (Leipzig), Sesko (Slo, Leipzig), Adamu (Freiburg), Diakite (Civ, Reims), Onguene (Cmr, Frankfurt, after loan), Ibertsberger (Wolfsberg, loan), Stejskal (Cze, Tirol), Walke ( D, end of career) - SK Sturm Graz
Additions: Serrano (Esp, Atletico Madrid, loan), Demaku (Klagenfurt, after loan), Bignetti (Frankfurt)
Departures: Ljubic (LASK), Siebenhandl (LASK), Okonkwo (Eng, Arsenal, on loan), Ajeti (Sui, Celtic Glasgow, on loan), Wels (Austria Vienna), Schützenauer (Altach), Komposch (Hartberg), Schendl (Ried ), Ingolich - LASK
Additions: Ljubic (Sturm Graz), Siebenhandl (Sturm Graz), Kone (Sen, Nimes), Pintor (Fra, Saint-Etienne), Andrade (Pan, Bielefeld), Ba (D, Leipzig, Leihe), Havel (liefering), Balic (Altach, on loan), Polster (Steyr, on loan), Twardzik (Cze, Trnava, on loan), Kapsamer (Amstetten, on loan)
Departures: Schlager (Salzburg), Potzmann (Austria Vienna), Talowjerow (Ukr, Slavia Prague, after loan), Celic (Darmstadt, after loan), Boller (D) - SK Rapid
Additions: M. Seidl (Blau-Weiss Linz), Mayulu (Blau-Weiss Linz), Cvetkovic (Srb, Ashdod), Kaygin (D, Mainz U19)
Departures: Zimmermann (Wolfsberg), K. Wimmer (Slovan Bratislava), Kasius (Ned, Bologna, after a loan, to Alkmaar), Petrovic (Slo, Rijeka), Knasmüllner, Schuster - FK Austria Vienna
Additions: Potzmann (LASK), Plavotic (Cro, Ried), Guenouche (Fra, Lustenau), Wels (Sturm Graz), Kani (Isr, Bnei Yehuda), Polz (Drassburg)
Departures: Dovedan (Heidenheim), Leidner (Isr, Piraeus, after loan), Teigl, Mühl (D) - SK Austria Klagenfurt
Additions: May (D, Viktoria Berlin), Gemicibasi (Tur, Kasimpasa, on loan), Hasenhüttl (Oldenburg, on loan), Djoric (Srb, Sibenik, on loan), Markelic (Viktoria Berlin, on loan)
Departures: Rieder (Wolfsberg), Demaku (Sturm Graz, after loan), Metu (D, Bayern Munich II, after loan), Fuchs (D, Sandhausen), Blauensteiner, Miesenböck, Moreira (Uru) - Wolfsberger AC
Additions: Sabitzer (LASK, most recently Tirol), Zimmermann (Rapid), Rieder (Klagenfurt), Altunashvili (Geo, Batumi), Ibertsberger (Salzburg, loan)
Departures: Malone (D, Augsburg, on loan), Oermann (D, Bochum, on loan), Taferner - SC Austria Lustenau
Additions: Mätzler (Altach, most recently Dornbirn), Marte (Dornbirn, after loan)
Departures: Gouenouche (Fra, Austria Vienna), Hugonet (Fra, Magdeburg), Diaby (Gui, Clermont, after loan), Türkmen (Tur, Clermont, after loan), Motika (Srb, Red Star Belgrade, after loan), Gedikli (Tur , Trabzonspor, after a loan), Bellache (Alg, Clermont, after a loan), Kodoussou (D, Augsburg, after a loan), Küng (Wiener Sport-Club), Adriel (Bra), Cheukoua (Cmr), Bacic - TSV Hartberg
Additions: Lang (storm, loan, most recently Ried), Entrup (Marchfeld), Komposch (storm Graz), Scherf (Amstetten, after loan), Knollmüller (Lafnitz, after loan), Gante (Rome, Lafnitz, after loan)
Departures: Schantl (Blau-Weiß Linz, Fadinger (Altach), Tadic (St. Pölten), Avdijaj (Kos, FC Zurich, after loan), Kriwak (Rapid, after loan, to Dordrecht), Sangare (Mli, Salzburg, after loan) , Horvat (Cro, Leoben), Erhardt (Drassburg), Faist (end of career), Sonnleitner, Klem - WSG Tyrol
Additions: Buksa (Pol, FC Genoa, loan), Prelec (Slo, Cagliari, loan), Kronberger (Sturm Graz, loan, most recently Ried), Stejskal (Cze, Salzburg)
Departures: Sabitzer (LASK, on loan, to Wolfsberg), Rogelj (Slo, Chaleroi), Prica (Swe, Aalborg, on loan), Bauernfeind (Horn), Rinaldi (Arg), Beccari (Ita) - SCR Altach
Additions: Gebauer (Bielefeld), Stojanovic (Regensburg), Fadinger (Hartberg), Schützenauer (Sturm Graz), Reiner (Gliwice, Loan), Santos (Bra, Dornbirn), Lukacevic (Admira), Kaiba (Cmr, Coton Sport)
Departures: Balic (LASK, after a loan), Haudum (Blau-Weiss Linz), Casali (Brunswick), Herold (D, Bayern Munich II, after a loan, to Karlsruhe), Jungdal (Den, AC Milan, after a loan), Lazetic (Srb AC Milan, after loan), Mischitz (Dornbirn, loan), Odehnal (Dornbirn, loan), Schreiner, Ndiaye (Fra), Thurnwald, Tartarotti - FC Blau-Weiss Linz
Additions: Haudum (Altach), Dobras (Vaduz), Schantl (Hartberg), Pasic (Steyr), Hofer (Salzburg, loan), Holiday (Amstetten)
Departures: M. Seidl (Rapid), Mayulu (Fra, Rapid), Schößwendter (end of career), Fetahu (Alb, Dornbirn), Neumayr
Source: Nachrichten
