The Sturm Graz Sentinel
Transfer targets9 Jul 2029
Fee done, terms next for Niklas Hedl
Sturm Graz and Rapid Wien have settled on $4.0M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Match9 Jul 2029
Sturm Graz are in among the leaders
Position 2 and 39 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad9 Jul 2029
Matteo Farronato is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 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.
Market9 Jul 2029
Marcel Hartel wants more than Sturm Graz are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Boardroom9 Jul 2029
Sturm Graz to lose Patrick Arnautovic for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Patrick Arnautovic has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad9 Jul 2029
A falling-out at Sturm Graz
Tobias Gulliksen and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad9 Jul 2029
A late step up for Jonas Auer
At 28 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Transfer targets9 Jul 2029
Sturm Graz rebuffed over Michael Krmenčík
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Austria Wien have kept their man, and Sturm Graz go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets9 Jul 2029
Sturm Graz ask about Dominik Schmid
A loan enquiry to Red Bull Salzburg: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Squad Valentino Sabitzer signs on for more
- The dugout Keshi Anderson gets it from the manager
- The dugout Jon Gorenc Stankovič gets picked when it counts