The Altach Courier
Squad14 Jun 2027
A fracture rules Sebastian Bauer out for 91 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Altach will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market14 Jun 2027
Altach say no — this time
The offer from Kapfenberg for Dejan Stojanović was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Rafael Melo 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. Rafael Melo has, at Altach, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
The paperwork begins on Anton Matković
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Altach have done the hard part with Dinamo Zagreb, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Market14 Jun 2027
Srđan Hrstić wants more than Altach 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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Patrick Greil signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Patrick Greil commits to Altach for another 3 years.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Words exchanged at Altach
Mike-Steven Bähre 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.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
Altach rebuffed over Ki-Jana Hoever
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Sparta Prague have kept their man, and Altach go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout14 Jun 2027
No hiding place for Patrick Greil
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Patrick Greil, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Market Andreas Lainer steps up from the Altach academy
- Market Altach promote Konrad Schlager from within
- The dugout Benedikt Zech knocks on the manager’s door