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'To play in Scotland in front of a lot of fans was always a target'

'To play in Scotland in front of a lot of fans was always a target'

BBC News05-06-2025
Goalkeeper Raphael Sallinger sees his move to Hibs as a step up in his career and can't wait to play in front of the "amazing" fans at Easter Road.The 29-year-old Austrian arrives on a three-year deal from Hartberg having spent his entire career in his homeland and Germany."I'm very happy. Hibs is a great club with great fans in a great city. I'm very much looking forward to being here and playing successful football," Sallinger told Hibs TV."For me it was always a target for me to play outside of Austria. Austria is a good league, but in Germany, Scotland or the UK football is different."To be in Scotland and to play in front of a lot of fans was always a target for me."I hope I can help the team a lot and I hope that we can reach our targets, and also get into a European group stage. Maybe we can even have a better season than last season."I've watched the last two Hibs games and the fans in the crowd are really impressive, especially after the game against Rangers when the fans were singing Sunshine On Leith. It was pretty amazing and pretty impressive to me."I'm looking forward to having this feeling on the pitch."
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