They lost five regulars, all to bigger leagues.
Most notably, top scorer Dabbur. Also skipper Lainer, striker Gulbrandsen and two great midfield prospects in Schlager and Wolf. All of them were nailed on starters.
Most of the guys who impressed against Liverpool yesterday were not regulars last season. Haland only broke through in the spring and still featured only occasionally, Hwang was out on loan, Minamino was a squad player. He featured a lot but was not a regular.
Salzburg played 4-4-2 under Rose: Dabbur and Gulbrandson in front of Wolf. Schlager as left CM Sammassekou as DM. Lainer as RB
Dabbur -striker- 37 goals 16 assists
Gulbrandson - striker - 12 goals 8 assists
Wolf - OM- 11 goals 12 assists
Schlager -CM-8 goals 4 assists
Lainer- RB-1 goal 9 assists
Sammassekou -DM/CM -2 goals 2 assists
Haidara -CM- 3 goals 6 assist (left in Jan)
Salzburg lost 6 starters, 71 goals 51 assists in the summer and another starter with Haidara in Jan.
Haaland was bought in Jan. to replace Dabbur, Bernede to replace Sammassekou
Hwang and many others spent the season on loans.
Wöber and Kristensen were bought for defense in the summer
Salzburg had to build a new team over the summer and the offense is already scoring at will, but should become even better.