The Austria Salzburg Courier
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Austria Salzburg baulk at the price for Tobias Schützenauer
LASK wanted more than $1.3M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Austria Salzburg
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad26 Jul 2027
A row about effort at Austria Salzburg
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Sota Kitano was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Lech tell Austria Salzburg: Robert Piszczek is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market26 Jul 2027
One of our own: David Lindner joins the Austria Salzburg first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Lindner is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Jul 2027
Austria Salzburg promote Wolfgang Junuzovic from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Wolfgang Junuzovic has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market26 Jul 2027
Martin Kalajdzic steps up from the Austria Salzburg academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Martin Kalajdzic has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market26 Jul 2027
One of our own: Julian Alaba joins the Austria Salzburg first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Julian Alaba is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
Austria Salzburg board go back on their word
Something was promised, a deadline passed, and it did not arrive. Trust inside a football club is built over years and spent in an afternoon.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Marcus Ifill
- Squad Yannic Fötschl in a row with a teammate
- Boardroom Austria Salzburg say no to the training-ground money