LASK signed Alexis Tibidi. The 20-year-old winger, who played for France’s U20 team at the World Cup last year, signed a contract that runs until 2028.
“With Alexis Tibidi we are getting a technically very skilled player who brings a lot of speed and dynamism,” said sports director Radovan Vujanovic, introducing the new signing. Tibidi has also gained a lot of experience in his career: From Toulouse he moved to Stuttgart’s U19 team and played 13 times for the Swabians in the German Bundesliga in the 2021/22 season.
The loan to Altach in autumn 2022 was canceled at the end of the year because Stuttgart sold him to Troyes following scoring five goals in 16 games in the Austrian Bundesliga. Things did not go as planned in his home country because he was slowed down by an injury. He was also unable to make up the deficit in the autumn when he was loaned to Dutch first division club Nijmegen. It was not until spring that he played once more in the next loan deal for the second team of English champions Manchester City. “He has already gained valuable experience in the German Bundesliga, in France, in the Austrian Bundesliga and most recently in Manchester City’s U23 team and has been able to show his qualities on several occasions,” said Vujanovic.
Troyes, currently in the second French league, did not do good business with him. The club belongs to the global network of the City Football Group from Abu Dhabi and paid 2.6 million euros for Tibidi in January 2023. One and a half years later, LASK is expected to pay a transfer fee that is almost seven figures. The athletes had previously earned a large part of this from the sale of goalkeeper Nikolas Polster.
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The preparation of LASK
- Wednesday, 19 June, 11 a.m. | Training field Raiffeisen-Arena: start of training
- Thursday, June 20: Performance tests
- Friday, June 28, 7 p.m.: Oedt – SHOT 1:7 (1:1)
Goals: Karatas (31’/penalty); Copado (26′), Flecker (52′), Ljubicic (54′), Smolcic (68′), Taoui (83′, 87′), Pintor (90′)
1st half: Siebenhandl; Stojkovic, Ziereis, Peric, Mohammad; Horvath, Jovicic; Usor, Zulj, Copado; Kone
2nd half: Polster; Lebersorger, Wimhofer, Smolcic, Bello; Bogarde, Berisha; Pintor, Taoui, Flecker; Ljubicic (80. Wanker) - Tuesday, July 2nd, 5pm | Pasching: LASK – CFR Cluj (Rom) 1:1 (0:1)
Tore: Safin (84.), Ilie (41.)
1. Halbzeit: Lawal; Bogarde, Stojkovic, Smolcic, Lebersorger; Horvath, Jovicic; Usor, Zulj, Flecker, Ljubicic
2nd half: Polster, Bogarde (63. Wimhofer), Stojkovic (63. Ziereis), Smolcic (63. Pursall), Lebersorger (63. Peker); Horvath (63. Safin), Berisha; Usor (63. Pintor), Taoui, Flecker (63. Copado); Kone - Friday, July 5, 4 p.m. | Pasching: LASK – Dynamo Budweis (Jun) 2:2 (2:1)
Tore: Zulj (9.), Flecker (30.); Cermak (12.), Sigut (57.)
LASK: Lawal (59. Polster); Lebersorger (46. Bogarde), Wimhofer (59. Stojkovic), Ziereis (59. Pursall), Smolcic (46. Peric), Flecker (46. Peker/63. Wanker); Jovicic (59. Usor), Zulj (59. Copado), Berisha (59. Safin); Ljubicic (59. Kone), Taoui (46. Pintor) - Thursday, July 11, 7.30 p.m.: | Raiffeisen-Arena: LASK – Galatasaray Istanbul (Should)
- Saturday, July 20, 3 p.m. | Raiffeisen Arena: LASK – St. Pölten
First competitive matches:
- Friday, July 26, 6 p.m. | ÖFB Cup, 1st round, Ried, Klaus-Roitinger-Stadion: Belts – LASK
- Saturday, August 3, 5 p.m.: Bundesliga, 1st round, Profertil Arena: Hartberg – LASK
Previous transfers
- Access: Maximilian Entrup (Hartberg), Jerome Boateng (D, Salernitana), Hrvoje Smolcic (Cro, Frankfurt, loan), Alexis Tibidi (Fra, Troyes, most recently loaned to Manchester City), Melayro Bogarde (Ned, Hoffenheim II), Luca Wimhofer (Horn, following loan), Moussa Kone (Sen, Streda, following loan)
- Departures: Elias Havel (Hartberg, loan), Sanoussy Ba (D, Leipzig, following loan, to Braunschweig), Lukas Jungwirth (Admira, loan), Nikolas Polster (Wolfsberg, following loan to Horn), Filip Twardzik (Cze, Trnava), Felix Luckeneder, Michorl, Wiesinger, Letard (Fra)
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Günther Mayrhofer
