The Hartberg Gazette
Squad26 Jul 2027
Lucas Cohen gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Lucas Cohen has just signed for Hartberg, and for once the answer mattered.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Nordin Bakker due for a Hartberg medical
Everything agreed with FC Midtjylland, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Hartberg
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
Tobias Kainz in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hartberg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Hartberg rebuffed over Pascal Müller
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Hertha Wels have kept their man, and Hartberg go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market26 Jul 2027
Hartberg promote Lukas Sabitzer from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Lukas 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.
Market26 Jul 2027
Philipp Lainer steps up from the Hartberg academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Philipp Lainer 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
Hartberg promote Marcel Arnautovic from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marcel Arnautovic 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
Hartberg promote Julian Wimmer from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Julian Wimmer 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
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Thomas Turner
- Squad Brady Paz signs a new deal
- Squad Pius Grabher falls out with a teammate over standards