The LASK Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
LASK turn down Red Bull Salzburg for Sascha Horvath
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
LASK bid $580.0K for Laurenz Orgler
The offer went to Rapid 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Karel Spáčil turns down LASK
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Viktoria Plzen keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Matthias Seidl
LASK asked and Rapid Wien said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Martin Ádám scored one and made one — 7.73
Two of the goals had his name somewhere on them, which is the afternoon a manager wants from anybody asked to both create and finish. 7.73, and 2 involvements.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alexander Eckmayr 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. Alexander Eckmayr has, at LASK, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Xavier Mbuyamba signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Xavier Mbuyamba and LASK agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Xavier Mbuyamba 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 LASK this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
Moses Usor attracts admirers
The name of Moses Usor has come up in conversations LASK were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Lukas Junuzovic joins the LASK first team
- Market LASK promote Michael Ilsanker from within
- Match LASK refuse to lose to Hartberg