The Hertha Wels Courier
Squad26 Jul 2027
The knee: Markus Forjan out for 18 days
18 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Hertha Wels lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Hertha Wels
Tolga Günes 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.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Hertha Wels
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
Filip Rózga falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Door shut on Lucas Rodríguez
Hertha Wels asked and Uruguay Montevideo said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market26 Jul 2027
One of our own: Guido Lazaro joins the Hertha Wels first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Guido Lazaro 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
One of our own: Maximilian Hinteregger joins the Hertha Wels first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Maximilian Hinteregger 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
Stefan Grillitsch steps up from the Hertha Wels academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stefan Grillitsch 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
Hertha Wels promote David Sabitzer from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Sabitzer 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.
In brief
- Boardroom Hertha Wels turn down the training-ground plan
- Looking ahead Hertha Wels take on the side everybody is chasing
- The dugout Felix Nachbagauer knocks on the manager’s door