The Sturm Graz Sentinel
Market8 Feb 2027
Not going: Leon Grgić stays at Sturm Graz
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Sharjah had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Johannes Eggestein signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Johannes Eggestein and Sturm Graz agree another 4 years.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Sturm Graz training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Seedy Jatta 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.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
No hiding place for Johannes Eggestein
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Johannes Eggestein, and the manager let it.
Loan watch8 Feb 2027
Elias Lorenz has seen enough of Grodig
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sturm Graz, and 0 appearances in 26 say he has earned the hearing.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Patrick Lienhart joins the Sturm Graz first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Patrick Lienhart is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Sturm Graz
Felix Irorere was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Niklas Geyrhofer has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Sturm Graz 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Jon Gorenc Stankovič wants to know why he earns less
Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and Sturm Graz have no good answer.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Rory Wilson a promise
- The dugout Benjamin Göschl knocks on the manager’s door
- Boardroom Sturm Graz board back the manager