The Sturm Graz Sentinel
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A brace, and Martin Ádám takes the afternoon — 8.80
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Martin Ádám provided it, and the 8.80 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market10 Aug 2026
Admira Wacker come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Sturm Graz did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sturm Graz pay Holstein Kiel $4.6M for a proper upgrade
Holstein Kiel did not want to sell and the number is why they did. $4.6M for Phil Harres, and the expectation that arrives with him is the kind no amount of settling-in period softens.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sturm Graz rebuffed over Arne Maier
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Ujpest have kept their man, and Sturm Graz go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sturm Graz bid $1.8M for Noah Botic
The offer went to Austria Wien this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Sturm Graz go back to the board over Noah Botic
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $2.0M — a club that wants Noah Botic enough to be asked twice.
Match8 Aug 2026
Martin Ádám the difference as Sturm Graz beat Red Bull Salzburg
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Martin Ádám. 3‑2 against Red Bull Salzburg, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gizo Mamageishvili stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Gizo Mamageishvili and Sturm Graz agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The town asked, and Sturm Graz paid $4.6M
Phil Harres was the name on every phone-in, and the club has gone and signed him for $4.6M. For one week the board can do no wrong, which is a week most boards never get.
In brief
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Seedy Jatta
- Market Thomas Laimer steps up from the Sturm Graz academy
- Market One of our own: Peter Trimmel joins the Sturm Graz first team