Hesse: Darmstadt 98 lends midfielder Celic to Linz

Darmstadt (dpa/lhe) - Second division soccer team SV Darmstadt 98 lends midfielder Nemanja Celic to Linzer ASK for one year.

Hesse: Darmstadt 98 lends midfielder Celic to Linz

Darmstadt (dpa/lhe) - Second division soccer team SV Darmstadt 98 lends midfielder Nemanja Celic to Linzer ASK for one year. The 23-year-old Austrian should gain more game practice with the Bundesliga club in his home country, which also secured a purchase option. Celic, whose contract in Darmstadt is valid until 2024, switched from WSG Tirol to Hessen in the summer of 2021 and only made 15 competitive appearances in fourth place in the previous season.

"Nemanja Celic didn't get the match practice he wanted last season, which is why he came to us with the desire for a change. We also see a loan as a sensible solution so that he can play regularly again the rhythm of the game can come," said Darmstadt's sporting director Carsten Wehlmann on Monday.