Sturm Graz strengthens its midfield: Austria’s champions loan Lovro Zvonarek from Bayern Munich. According to “Bild”, the clubs are said to have reached an agreement, only official confirmation is still pending.
When the 19-year-old midfielder was transferred, the Styrian club wanted to negotiate a purchase option, but were turned down because Bayern think very highly of the Croatian, who is compared to Luka Modric at home.
Zvonarek’s contract with Bayern runs until 2027. He made his starting debut in the 33rd round of the previous season, scoring his first Bundesliga goal following four minutes once morest Wolfsburg (2-0). Benfica Lisbon, FC Porto, Ajax Amsterdam, Bremen and Mainz are also said to have been interested in Zvonarek.
In the spring, a Bayern professional already played on loan in the Austrian Bundesliga: Frans Krätzig returned to Munich only briefly following his guest appearance at Austria Vienna. He was loaned out to Stuttgart.
The transfers of the Bundesliga clubs
- SK Sturm Graz
To: Karic (Darmstadt), Malic (Slo, Ried), Chukwuani (Den, Lyngby), Kern (Hun, Puskas Academia), Kronberger (Tirol, following loan), Dante (Mli, FC Zurich, following loan)
Ab: Biereth (Den, Arsenal, following loan), Jaros (Cze, Liverpool, following loan), Serrano (Esp, Atletico Madrid, following loan), Stückler - FC Salzburg
To: Blaswich (D, Leipzig, loan), Kawamura (Jpn, Hiroshima), Piatkowski (Pol, Granada, following loan), Kameri (Grasshopper Club Zurich, following loan), Van der Brempt (Bel, Hamburg, following loan)
Ab: Daniliuc (Salernitana, following loan), Omoregie (Hartberg, loan), Ulmer, Koita, Horn (D) - SHOT
To: Boateng (D, Salernitana), Smolcic (Cro, Frankfurt, loan), Bogarde (Ned, Hoffenheim II), Kone (Sen, Dunajska Streda, following loan), N. Polster (Horn, following loan), Wimhofer (Horn, following loan), Sulzner (Amstetten, following loan)
Ab: Havel (Hartberg, loan), Jungwirth (Admira, loan), Ba (D, Leipzig, following loan, to Braunschweig), Twardzik (Cze, Trnava), Luckeneder, Michorl, Wiesinger, Letard (Fra) - SK Rapid
To: Schaub (Hannover), Bolla (Hun, Wolverhampton, most recently loaned to Geneva), Raux-Yao (Fra, Rodez), Sangare (Mli, Salzburg, most recently loaned to Hartberg), Böckle (Düsseldorf, most recently loaned to Münster), Schöller (Admira), Haas (Admira), Druijf (Ned, Zwolle, following loan), Zimmermann (Wolfsberg, following loan), Bischof (Vienna, following loan)
Ab: Grüll (Bremen), Querfeld (U. Berlin), Moormann (Blau-Weiß Linz), Sollbauer (Ried), Mayulu (Fra, Bristol), Kasanwirjo (Ned, Feyenoord Rotterdam, following loan), Kongolo (Ned, Fulham, following loan), Schick (Leoben), Strunz (Altach, loan), Unger (Vienna), - TSV Hartberg
To: Havel (LASK, loan), Schendl (Ried), Diarra (Mli, Cadiz, loan), Omoregie (Salzburg, loan), Markus (Slo, Domzale), Schwarz (Rapid, loan, most recently loaned to Klagenfurt), Amadin (Ned, Schalke II), Karner (Sturm Graz II), Lemmerer (Amstetten, following loan), Scherf (Amstetten, following loan)
Ab: Frieser (GAK), Diakite (Mli, West Bromwich), Sangare (Mli, Salzburg, following loan, to Rapid), Bowat (Sco, Fulham, following loan), Steinwender (Värnamo), Brückner (D, Bayern Munich II, following loan), Gollner (Obdach), Schutti (Oberwart), Ehmann (Voitsberg), Kröpfl (Velden), Knoflach - SK Austria Klagenfurt
To: Koch (Blau-Weiß Linz), Wydra (Rapid, loan), Szerensci (Kapfenberg), Lee (Kor, Yonsei), Bobzien (D, Mainz, loan, most recently loaned to Lustenau), Spari (FAC), Kühn (D, V. Berlin), Dehl (D, V. Berlin, following loan), May (D, V. Berlin, following loan), Toshevski (Mkd, Sibenik, following loan)
Ab: Wimmer (Wolfsberg), Karweina (D, Luzern), Menzel (D, Saarbrücken), Schumacher (D, Saarbrücken), Benatelli (D, Mannheim), Irving (Sco, West Ham, following loan), Besuschkow (D, Hannover, following loan), Schwarz (Rapid, following loan, to Hartberg), Loune (Mar, Nürnberg, following loan), Arweiler (D), Djoric (Srb), Maglica (Cro), Markelic - Wolfsberger AC
To: Wimmer (Klagenfurt), Matic (Srb, Red Star Belgrade)
Ab: Veratschnig (Mainz), Ibertsberger (Salzburg, following loan, to Blau-Weiß Linz), Bonmann (D, Rasgrad), Tijani (Ngr, Salzburg, following loan), Zimmermann (Rapid, following loan), Leitgeb (Leoben), Novak (Treibach) - FK Austria Vienna
To: Sahin-Radlinger (Almere, following loan), Malone (D, Basel, loan), Barry (Gam, Bnei Yehuda), Cristiano (Bra, Sao Bento, loan)
Ab: Früchtl (D, Lecce), Krätzig (D, Bayern Munich, following loan, to Stuttgart), M. Polster (Lausanne-Sport), Asllani (D, Hoffenheim, following loan), Kani (Tog, Beitar Jerusalem), Schmidt, Holland (Aus) - FC Blau-Weiß Linz
To: Moormann (Rapid), Anderson (Bra, Lustenau), Ibertsberger (Salzburg, most recently loaned to Wolfsberg), Wähling (D, Osnabruck), Dantas (Bra, Lemense), Radulovic (Wallern/St. Marienkirchen, following loan), Softic (Wallern/St. Marienkirchen, following loan)
Ab: Haudum (Admira), Koch (Klagenfurt), Windhager (A. Salzburg), Brandner (Mondsee), Krainz - SCR Altach
To: Fridrikas (Lustenau), Madritsch (Ried), Strunz (Rapid, loan), Oberwaditzer (Lie, Vorarlberg Academy), Helac (Lustenau), Milojevic (Leverkusen U19), Lincoln (Bra, Kobe), Mischitz (Dornbirn, following loan), Odehnal (Dornbirn, following loan)
Ab: Reiner (Gliwice, following loan), Eckmayr (Tirol), Zwischenbrugger, Schützenauer, Strauss, Reiter, Edokpolor, Jurcec (Cro), Prietl (retirement) - WSG Tyrol
To: Hinterseer (Rostock), Anselm (LASK, loaned to V. Köln in spring), Lawrence (D, Bayern Munich II), Eckmayr (Altach), Butler (USA, Hoffenheim II)
Ab: Prelec (Slo, Cagliari, following loan), Kronberger (Sturm Graz, following loan), Buksa (Pol, FC Genoa, following loan, to Zabrze), Tomic (Leoben), Bacher, Ozegovic, Stumberger (Cro), Schulz (D), Ogrinec (Slo), F. Oswald (retired) - Grazer AK 1902
To: Frieser (Hartberg), Cipot (Slo, La Spezia, loan), Italiano (Aus, Mönchengladbach II), Kirchmayr (Wolfsburg), Eder (Saalfelden), Zaizen (Jpn, Amstetten, following loan), Fritz (Fürstenfeld, following loan)
Ab: Jatremski (D, Bayern Munich II, following loan, to Unterhaching), Stefanon (Bregenz), Murg (Weiz), Th. Mayer, Köchl, Jager, Fahler, Eloshvili (Geo)