At the start of the 2012–13 season, Lindgren made two eppearances in all competitions for Red Bull Salzburg. Howerver, he was in the club’s squad, leading up to his departure from Red Bull Salzburg on 26 September 2012. It came after when Lindgren took legal action against the club. It was revealed that personal matters was another reason for his release. Lindgren later reflected about his departure from Red Bull Salzburg, saying: "A bunch of Germans came in, Ralf Rangnick took over as director of the club and a German coach came, it was a Dutch coach who took me there. If you have some connections to Holland and have played there, it is clear that it benefits you as a player. A bunch of Germans came in and replaced everything and sent down six men in the B-team, they told me that I had one year left on the contract and that they wanted to invest entirely in young players. Okay, I thought. It turned out that you were not allowed to do that as a club. I heard from the players' association, you were not allowed to do that. Then they contacted the club and said that they could either buy me out or put me in the A-team again. Then they chose to buy me out in the autumn."