The Admira Wacker Chronicle
Market26 Jul 2027
Admira Wacker turn down Hartberg for Felix Holzhacker
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson is a medical away from Admira Wacker
The deal with FC Midtjylland is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Admira Wacker
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.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Torino tell Admira Wacker: Cristiano Biraghi 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
Admira Wacker promote Lukas Weimann from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Lukas Weimann 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
One of our own: Andreas Ulmer joins the Admira Wacker first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andreas Ulmer 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: Thomas Alaba joins the Admira Wacker first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Thomas Alaba is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Josef Weberbauer 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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Admira Wacker
Felix Holzhacker 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Admira Wacker try to borrow Dániel Németh
- The dugout Matteo Bignetti knocks on the manager’s door
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Admira Wacker