The Red Bull Salzburg Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Red Bull Salzburg say no — this time
The offer from Young Boys for Karim Konaté was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market10 Aug 2026
Frans Krätzig wants more than Red Bull Salzburg are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Karim Konaté stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Karim Konaté and Red Bull Salzburg agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Red Bull Salzburg
Karim Konaté was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Dominik Schmid falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Moussa Yeo in the eights
A performance of 8.98 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Market10 Aug 2026
Borussia Dortmund expected to open talks for Tim Drexler
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Red Bull Salzburg will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Match8 Aug 2026
Red Bull Salzburg find a way past Sturm Graz
Sturm Graz made Red Bull Salzburg work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Pedro gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Market 36 months and counting on Alexander Schlager
- Player ratings Dominik Schmid shuts the door
- Player ratings Stefan Lainer was immovable