Keeper Philipp extended
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What has long been an open secret has now been announced. Hoffenheim’s sports manager Andreas Schicker has confirmed the obligation of Tim Lemperle (23). The attacker comes free of charge from Bundesliga promoters 1. FC Köln, as the Austrian explained at the ordinary general meeting of the association with a loud applause.
Lemperle scored ten goals for Cologne in the past second division season. In addition, the working paper was extended by goalkeeper Luca Philipp (24). TSG Hoffenheim ended the season on a disappointing 15th place. “It was a shitty season”, said a chic and added to the coming season: “It is important for me that the TSG stands for something again that there are profiles. That we have players where we like to go back to the stadium and we all move back together.”
“Tim said Thomas Kessler (sports director; editor) and informed me that he would like to accept a new challenge in the summer, but will give 100 percent for FC until then,” said Cologne sports director Christian Keller at the time at the time of Lemperles. The decisive factor was “that we cannot yet say whether we will be playing in the Bundesliga in the coming season”. Lemperle hit 59 games 13 times for the Cologne team and also gave six templates-he is the first new addition to the Kraichgauer for 2025/26.