The Grodig Courier
Market11 Jan 2027
David Drljić asks to leave Grodig
“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
Nino Lesjak says Grodig went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Dejan Lindner due for a Grodig medical
Everything agreed with Sturm Graz, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words exchanged at Grodig
Justin Möbius 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Julian Aumayr is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Grodig rebuffed over Nikolaus Wurmbrand
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Rapid Wien have kept their man, and Grodig go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A row about effort at Grodig
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Christoph Ochrana was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Grodig count the cost of losing Lukas Radanovic
19 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Grodig try to borrow Furkan Demir
Rapid Wien have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
In brief
- Transfer targets Grodig ask about Claudy M'Buyi
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Florian Neureiter
- The dugout Thomas Niedermüller knocks on the manager's door