The Hertha Wels Courier
Squad12 Oct 2026
125 days out for Marcel Mehlem after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Hertha Wels will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Valentin Oelz says Hertha Wels went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Hertha Wels
Tolga Günes and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market12 Oct 2026
Marcel Dragovic steps up from the Hertha Wels academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marcel Dragovic 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Time is catching up with Jacopo Sala
Everybody at Hertha Wels saw it before anybody said it, which is how this always goes. At 35 the decline is real and measurable — 3 points — and the only question left is how the club handles somebody it owes a great deal to.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Jacopo Sala stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jacopo Sala and Hertha Wels agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Pascal Müller
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Pascal Müller, and the manager let it.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Kilian Schröcker is still paying for one afternoon at Hertha Wels
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
Market12 Oct 2026
Roman Steinmann linked with a move away
The name of Roman Steinmann keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Hertha Wels say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- Looking ahead Hertha Wels travel to Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz
- The dugout Romeo Vučić keeps his manager's vote