The Red Bull Salzburg Post
Player ratings31 Jul 2028
Milan van Ewijk was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 43. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match29 Jul 2028
Nobody wins at Red Bull Salzburg
16 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Match29 Jul 2028
Nobody wants to play Red Bull Salzburg right now
5 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Boardroom31 Jul 2028
Red Bull Salzburg tie Marcel Laimer down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Squad31 Jul 2028
A falling-out at Red Bull Salzburg
Marin Pongračić and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom31 Jul 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Red Bull Salzburg
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad31 Jul 2028
A row about effort at Red Bull Salzburg
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Milan van Ewijk was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market31 Jul 2028
Stefan Alaba steps up from the Red Bull Salzburg academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stefan Alaba has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market31 Jul 2028
One of our own: Kevin Posch joins the Red Bull Salzburg first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kevin Posch is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Dominik Lindner joins the Red Bull Salzburg first team
- Market Stefan Laimer steps up from the Red Bull Salzburg academy
- Match Red Bull Salzburg get the job done against Mattersburg