First Team

Amin Sarr signs for Wolves

The Swedish striker joins on a season-long loan from Olympique Lyonnais.

VfL Wolfsburg Spieler Sarr schaut in die Kamera, vor ihm liegt sein Vertrag, den er unterzeichnet.

VfL Wolfsburg have further strengthened their squad shortly before the end of the summer transfer window with Swedish striker Amin Sarr. The 22-year-old forward joins the Wolves on loan from French Ligue 1 side Olympique Lyonnais until the end of this season and will wear the number 9 jersey.

Sarr is the Green-and-Whites' eighth signing of the summer after Cedric Zesiger, Moritz Jenz, Vaclav Cerny, Tiago Tomas, Rogerio, Joakim Maehle and Lovro Majer.

"A versatile striker who makes our attack more variable"

"We're happy that we've found what we were looking for and can complete our attack with Amin Sarr just before the transfer deadline," said VfL sporting director Sebastian Schindzielorz. "In Amin we're getting an extremely versatile striker, who particularly stands out through his physical and technical qualities and makes us even more variable with his speed and direct play."

"Great environment to develop as a young player"

"VfL is a great club and you have a great environment here to develop as a young player," said Sarr. "That's why I decided to come here. I've followed the team since seeing them play against Malmö in the Europa League and spoke with Mattias Svanberg beforehand. I only heard good things from him, which left me with a positive feeling."


Ten appearances for Sweden U21

As a youngster, Sarr played for clubs such as Malmö FF, where he also made his senior debut in July 2020 and played a total of 27 games, scoring two goals. After a short loan spell at Mjällby AIF (19 games, nine goals) in the second half of 2021, the striker moved to SC Heerenveen in the Netherlands in January 2022 (35 games, 11 goals), before transferring to Lyon a year later. He netted once in 18 games in France. Sarr also posted three goals in 10 appearances for the Sweden U21 team.

Video: The first interview with Amin Sarr