The Mattersburg Sentinel
Squad11 Jan 2027
Óscar Alcócer arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Óscar Alcócer has, at Mattersburg, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Market11 Jan 2027
Martin Kalajdzic asks to leave Mattersburg
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
Maximilian Hinteregger keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Mattersburg may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Maurits Kjærgaard in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mattersburg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Abdoulaye Kanté is the real thing at 21
A season average of 7.10 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Mattersburg know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Gonzalo Pelúa stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Gonzalo Pelúa and Mattersburg agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Red Bull Salzburg tell Mattersburg: Salko Hamzić is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market11 Jan 2027
Mattersburg sign Cristóbal Escobar, one for the future
Cristóbal Escobar is 20, and Mattersburg have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market11 Jan 2027
A long bet from Mattersburg on Roque Maisterra
He is 20, and nobody at Mattersburg signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- The dugout Paolo Rizzi has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout Marvin Knoll asks for a word with the manager
- Market Still no ink between Mattersburg and Óscar Alcócer