The Rapid Wien Chronicle
Squad26 Feb 2029
Nicolas Keckeisen breaks a bone — 124 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 124 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market26 Feb 2029
Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Rapid Wien can pretend not to have heard.
Squad26 Feb 2029
Words exchanged at Rapid Wien
Kings Kangwa 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.
Squad26 Feb 2029
Words at Rapid Wien training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom26 Feb 2029
Benjamin Markuš will join Rapid Wien for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Benjamin Markuš has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Rapid Wien have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
The dugout26 Feb 2029
Bendegúz Bolla has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Rapid Wien will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout26 Feb 2029
Oliver Strunz asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market26 Feb 2029
The Seedy Jatta talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Rapid Wien know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad26 Feb 2029
A first team debut at 19 for Thomas Posch
Off the academy pitches and into a senior shirt, at 19. The parents in the stand will keep the programme, and so will he.
In brief
- Loan watch Austria Salzburg cannot leave Daniel Nunoo out
- The dugout Dylan Lawlor has been promised minutes
- Market Rapid Wien put Nicolás Demartini up for sale