Hoffenheim have confirmed the signing of Adam Daghim from RB Salzburg in a permanent deal worth an initial €13 million, with performance-related add-ons that could push the total package to around €14.5 million. The 20-year-old Denmark international has signed a long-term contract at the PreZero Arena and is expected to be available from the start of pre-season training.
The move fills the attacking vacancy left by Bazoumana Touré, who left the club this summer. Hoffenheim sporting director Andreas Schicker made clear the club had identified Daghim early as their top target, saying: "Adam is a young and talented player. With his abilities and tremendous pace, he was our clear preferred option." Schicker also pointed to the player's existing Bundesliga experience: "At just 20 years of age, he possesses great developmental potential. He also knows the Bundesliga from his spell with Wolfsburg last season." Daghim, who can play on either wing or through the middle, said he had made a considered choice to join: "I made the decision to join TSG very consciously. I cannot wait to establish myself quickly within the team."
Salzburg lose a player they invested heavily in developing. Daghim joined the Austrian champions in 2023 as a teenager from Danish side AGF Aarhus, where he had already become the youngest player to debut for the club. Salzburg sent him out on loan to feeder club FC Liefering to build up first-team minutes before he broke into their own senior side. He also won his first senior cap for Denmark this year while still a Salzburg player, underlining the progress he made there. Selling him for a fee in the region of €13 million represents a healthy return on a player who arrived with no transfer fee attached and leaves as an established Bundesliga performer.
Daghim's most recent form came away from Salzburg, on loan at Wolfsburg last season. He made 30 appearances across all competitions, scoring twice and adding an assist, mostly operating from the right flank. His numbers were modest, but he had his moments — including the goal that won Wolfsburg a rare victory away at Hamburg, latching onto a Christian Eriksen pass to score the only goal of the game. That victory proved an exception rather than the rule: Wolfsburg were relegated from the Bundesliga at the end of the campaign, meaning Daghim spent his loan year in a struggling side rather than a settled attacking unit.
That context matters for how Hoffenheim plan to use him. Rather than judging him purely on the Wolfsburg numbers, the club are betting on the physical attributes and Bundesliga know-how he showed even in a difficult team environment — his pace and directness stood out even as Wolfsburg went down. Hoffenheim have built their recruitment around developing young, versatile attackers, and Daghim's ability to play right wing, left wing or through the middle gives their coaching staff several ways to use him.
He is expected to get his first competitive minutes for the club in the DFB Cup on 22 August, when Hoffenheim travel to third-tier Erzgebirge Aue, giving an early indication of how he slots into the team before the Bundesliga season resumes in earnest.