BERLIN (AP) Promoted Bundesliga team Freiburg has secured Austria Under-21 captain Philipp Lienhart on loan from Real Madrid’s second team.
Freiburg says it has the option to make the deal for the 20-year-old defender permanent at the end of next season.
Freiburg sporting director Klemens Hartenbach says, ”Philipp is a young and developing central defender whose focused and clear way of playing was known to us from the Austrian national youth sides.”
Lienhart came through the ranks at Rapid Vienna before joining Real Madrid’s youth setup, initially on loan in 2014. The Spanish club made his move permanent a year later.