The Austria Wien Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Austria Wien turn down Blau-Weiß Linz for Manfred Fischer
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Kevin Sessa
Austria Wien asked and Hertha BSC said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Austria Wien go back to the board over Jakob Knollmüller
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $100.0K — a club that wants Jakob Knollmüller enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Johannes Eggestein signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Johannes Eggestein commits to Austria Wien for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Austria Wien
Johannes Eggestein and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $96.0K for Jakob Knollmüller
Austria Wien have gone to Blau-Weiß Linz with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Too dear: Austria Wien walk away from Juri Kirchmayr
$67.0K was the most the club would pay and Grazer AK were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Austria Wien
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Aleksa Ilić was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Manprit Sarkaria
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Manprit Sarkaria, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Market Austria Wien promote Dejan Ilsanker from within
- Market Austria Wien promote Marko Fuchs from within
- Market One of our own: Dejan Fuchs joins the Austria Wien first team